Lý (Vietnamese surname)
Lý (Hán-Nôm: 李) is a Vietnamese surname. It is the 14th most common Vietnamese surname and is the 1176th most common American surname, according to the 2010 United States Census. It corresponds to the Korean surname of Lee and Chinese surname Li. Origin. One of the earliest occurrences of the name Lý in Vietnam is the warrior , who lived around 200 BCE. Lý Thái Tổ established the Lý dynasty (sometimes known as the Later Lý dynasty), which ruled the northern half of Vietnam from 1009 to 1225.