The story
- Mandarin · borrowed from邱
- Hokkien · borrowed from周
- Cantonese · borrowed from趙 /赵
- English todayChiu
From several different Chinese surnames, including: * Cantonese 趙 /赵 (ziu⁶) * Hokkien 周 (Chiu) * Mandarin 邱 (Qiū), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiu¹. Doublet of Qiu.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.