Chinese Names · Girl
Poh San name meaning
- 宝珊treasure, precious; coral
- 宝山treasure, precious; mountain
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- P
- Romanization
- Hokkien, Hakka
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Chinese characters宝珊宝山
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Poh San
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Poh San is a Chinese girl's name in Hokkien spelling; written 宝珊, it means 'precious' and 'coral'.
Chinese characters for Poh San
This spelling is common in Hokkien and Hakka romanization.
- 宝珊
treasure, precious; coral
Hokkien pó san / Hakka pó sân / Mandarin bǎo shān
attested
- 宝山
treasure, precious; mountain
Hokkien pó san / Hakka pó sân / Mandarin bǎo shān
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 Poh San
Poh San is a Chinese girl's name in Hokkien romanization; the Hakka reading pó sân fits as well. Poh commonly stands for 宝/寶 (treasure, precious), and San can stand for 珊 (coral) or 山 (mountain). The characters 宝珊 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hokkien, Hakka |
| Parts | Poh + San |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with P |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 宝 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 寶 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 珊 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 山 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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