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Ah Kiow name meaning
- 亚桥familiar prefix; bridge
- 亞嬌familiar prefix; tender, lovable
- 亞喬familiar prefix; tall, lofty
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- A
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂♀ Unisex
- Chinese characters亚桥亞嬌亞喬
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Ah Kiow
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Ah Kiow is a Chinese nickname from Hokkien; Kiow can be 桥 'bridge' or 嬌 'lovable', depending on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Ah Kiow
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 亚桥
familiar prefix; bridge
Hokkien a kiâu / Mandarin yā qiáo
attested
- 亞嬌
familiar prefix; tender, lovable
Hokkien a kiau / Mandarin yā jiāo
- 亞喬
familiar prefix; tall, lofty
Hokkien a kiâu / Mandarin yā qiáo
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Ah Kiow
Ah is a familiar prefix in Chinese nicknames, written 亞 or 阿 (亞 serves as a variant of 阿 in this use). Kiow is a Hokkien spelling of the sound kiau, which can stand for 橋/桥 (bridge), 嬌 (tender, lovable) or 喬 (tall). The characters 亚桥 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The gender is uncertain from the available data. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂♀ Boys and girls |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien |
| Parts | Ah + Kiow |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with A |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 亞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 亚 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 橋 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 桥 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 亞 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 嬌 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 嬌 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 喬 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 喬 · mdbg.net · meaning
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