Chinese Names · Boy
Boo Liat name meaning
- 武烈martial, valiant; fiery, ardent
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- B
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 1
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters武烈
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Boo Liat
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Boo Liat is a Chinese boy's name from Hokkien romanization; written 武烈 it means 'valiant; fiery', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Boo Liat
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 武烈
martial, valiant; fiery, ardent
Hokkien bú lia̍t / Mandarin wǔ liè
attested
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 Boo Liat
Boo Liat is a boy's name spelled in Hokkien romanization. Boo matches 武 (Hokkien bú, 'martial, valiant'), and Liat matches 烈 (lia̍t, 'fiery, ardent'). The characters 武烈 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The same spelling can stand for other characters, so the actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien |
| Parts | Boo + Liat |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with B |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 武 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 烈 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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