Lý (Vietnamese surname)

Lý (chữ Hán: 李, [lɪj˨˩˦]) is a Vietnamese surname.

[1] Traditionally, the surname Li is derived from the title Dali held by Gao Yao (Cao Dao in Vietnamese), a legendary minister of the Xia dynasty, and was originally written with a different character (理).

There is a claim that Lao Tzu (Lão Tử in Vietnamese), the founder of Taoism, was named Ly Nhi (李耳).

Ly Nhi is the first known historical figure with the surname and is considered the possible founding ancestor.

One of the earliest occurrences of the name Lý in Vietnam is the warrior Lý Ông Trọng, who lived around 200 BCE.

A Vietnamese family flag based on the traditional Vietnamese five-color flags derived from the Traditional Chinese concept of "the five (5) elements" featuring the name of the Vietnamese family in Chữ Hán in the center red field of the flag.