One of the most common Chinese surnames, with legendary roots dating to the sage Laozi (Li Er).
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China100
Among China's ten most common surnames — nobody will ask you to repeat it.
Easy to write85
7 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
Li Bai — Tang dynasty's greatest poet (701–762), master of romantic verse, author of over a thousand poems.
Li Shizhen — Ming dynasty physician and pharmacologist, author of the monumental Compendium of Materia Medica, documenting thousands of herbal medicines.
Bruce Lee — Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, and founder of Jeet Kune Do, who popularized kung fu in global cinema.