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Kam Fook name meaning

  • 金福gold, metal; blessing, happiness
  • 錦福brocade, bright and beautiful; blessing, happiness
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
2
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters金福錦福
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Kam Fook

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Chinese Names: K

Kam Fook is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese; written 金福 it means 'gold; blessing', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Kam Fook

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 金福

    gold, metal; blessing, happiness

    Cantonese gam1 fuk1 / Mandarin jīn fú

    attested

  • 錦福

    brocade, bright and beautiful; blessing, happiness

    Cantonese gam2 fuk1 / Mandarin jǐn fú

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 Kam Fook

Kam Fook is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese. Kam stands for 金 'gold' (gam1) or 錦 'brocade, bright and beautiful' (gam2), and Fook is the Malaysian spelling of 福 'blessing, happiness' (fuk1). The characters 金福 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese
PartsKam + Fook
First letterChinese Names starting with K

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 金 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 福 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 錦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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