Origin and formation
Uy comes from the Hokkien surname Ûiⁿ (黃 or 黄). The borrowing passed through Spanish spelling before entering Tagalog and Cebuano. The same Chinese surname has other language forms, including Huang and Wong, whose Roman spellings reflect different pronunciations. Uy preserves the Hokkien reading in a short Philippine spelling. Philippine bearers include Roberto Uy, who served as mayor of Dipolog and governor of Zamboanga del Norte, and Rolando Uy, who served as a representative and mayor of Cagayan de Oro.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ˈʔuj/ · Wiktionary ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Uy has 46 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts