Bai Jia Xing compound surname #30
闾丘
闾丘 is read as Lǘqiū. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Lǘqiū
Script forms
Simplified 闾丘 · Traditional 閭丘
Meaning
place-name surname from Luqiu
Five element
Earth
Origin
Time: Spring and Autumn place-name traditions, 770-476 BCE
Place: Zhu / Qi traditions in Shandong
Origin
闾丘 is usually treated as a place-name surname. One tradition ties it to a place called Luqiu in ancient Zhu around Shandong; another links it with a Qi figure or fief, so the place-name origin is safer than a single-line claim.
Name meaning
The name has a compact landscape feel but functions historically as a locality surname. Some later families simplified it to Lü, Qiu, or related forms.
Historical figures
闾丘婴 Luqiu Ying
Luqiu Ying appears in surname traditions as an early associated figure.