Others say the neighborhood was called Fupiliao during the Qing Dynasty, which was changed to Beipiliao during the Japanese colonial period, which gradually morphed into Bopiliao because bei and bo have very similar pronunciations in the Minnan tongue.
另一說則是從清代舊稱「福皮寮」到日治時稱呼的「北皮寮」，由於閩南語發音中「北」與「剝」相近，輾轉流傳下，成了今人口中的「剝皮寮」。