The story
- English · derived fromMobil
- Cantonese · borrowed from美孚
- English todayMei Foo
From Cantonese 美孚 (mei⁵ fu¹). The area was previously a petroleum storage facility owned by English Mobil, who used this name for their business in the region and thus originated the placename.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.