Lí (Chinese: 黎) is a Chinese surname. It is most common in Central and South China (including Hong Kong) where it is transliterated as Lai or Lye (from Cantonese), and is one of the four most common surnames among ethnic Vietnamese people, which in the Vietnamese language is Lê. It is listed 262nd in the Song Dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames.
In the Vietnamese, some Chinese Li (黎) families changed their surname to Vietnamese Hà or Hồ (胡). Later one such family started the Hồ dynasty.
Around the Yangtze River, any Jiuli (九黎) people got surname Li (黎) as a tribal name. In Ancient China, descendants of Shaohao were surnamed Li (黎) on Licheng County (黎城). During the Xia Dynasty, descendants of Emperor Yao were surnamed Li (黎) in Licheng County (黎城).
Leon Lai (黎明), actor and Cantopop singer
Li Yuanhong, president of the Republic of China
Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily
Gigi Lai, singer and TVB actress
Lai Lok-yi, Hong Kong singer
Lai Man-Wai, film director known as Father of Hong Kong Cinema
Wayne Lai, Hong Kong actor
Li Zhaohuan (黎照寰; 1898–1969) President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Anterior Lê Dynasty
The Lê Dynasty
Lê Công Vinh
Lê Khả Phiêu
Lê Thánh Tông
Dinh Q Lê
Lê Duẩn
Lê Đức Thọ
Lê Đức Anh
Lê Hằng Phấn
Lê Huỳnh Đức
Lê Kim
Lê Lợi
Nguyên Lê
Lê Minh Đảo
Lê Nhân Tông
Lê Quan Ninh, French percussionist
Lê Quang Liêm, chess player
Lê Quang Tung, commander of ARVN Special Forces
Lê Quý Đôn
Lê Văn Duyệt, general of Gia Long and viceroy of southern Vietnam
Lê Văn Hưng
Lê Văn Khôi, adopted son of Le Van Duyet
Lê Văn Thiêm
Lê Thái Tông
Lê Tuấn Hùng
Annie Le
Cung Le (born 1972), Vietnamese-born American martial artist
Duy-Loan Le
Hoang Le
Linda Le, Vietnamese-Amerucan cosplayer and model
Minh Le
Tony Le-Nguyen
Thuy Thu Le
Tuan Le
Danny "Shiphtur" Le, Canadian League of Legends player
