Shue

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Shu in US United States, MY Malaysia, TW Taiwan and 19 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Shue is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Chinese surname2.2K records spelled Shue2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Taiwan, China

  Also written Shu-E

• Spanish surname1.8K records spelled Shue4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Shúe

• a separate surname1.1K records spelled Shue2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, China, Canada

  Also written Shu-E

• French surname385 records spelled Shue3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Shué

• Thai given name148 records spelled Shue145 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Malaysia, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written สอ, เสือ, Sui, ส่อ, สือ

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Shue is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of sche

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Gene Shueb. 1931USAmerican basketball player and coach (1931–2022)
• Henry Shueb. 1940USAmerican political philosopher
• Larry Shueb. 1946USAmerican playwright (1946-1985)
• Elisabeth Shueb. 1963USAmerican actress
• Andrew Shueb. 1967USAmerican actor, soccer player
• Kelly Shueb. 1975USresearcher
• Mark ShueUSAmerican singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 14 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Shue?

We estimate roughly 3.2 thousand people bear Shue (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Shue have the most bearers?

Shue is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled shu.

How common is Shue compared with other names?

In Malaysia, Shue is the 248th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.

What does the name Shue mean?

Recorded meaning: Anglicization of German Schuh/Schue, literally 'shoe'; hence a maker or repairer of shoes.