玉林

Etymology
From its original name, which is homophonous with in Mandarin but not in the local Yue dialect.

In numerous texts from the Qing dynasty and the Republic of China era, was written as, presumably because the character  is relatively more complex. The official name change from to  took place in April 1956.

Note a similar name change did not take place for Yunan county in Guangdong.

Usage notes

 * is officially deprecated but remains in use among the (Cantonese-speaking) older generations.