Skip to content
BM

Chinese name syllable

Syllable Poh

  • 宝treasure; precious
  • 保to protect; to keep
  • 波wave
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
P
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters宝保波
4

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Poh in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Poh is a Chinese name syllable from Hokkien and Teochew readings; its meaning depends on the character, such as 宝 'treasure' or 保 'to protect'.

Possible characters for Poh

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 宝

    treasure; precious

    Hokkien pó / Teochew bo2 / Mandarin bǎo

    attested

  • 保

    to protect; to keep

    Hokkien pó / Teochew bo2 / Mandarin bǎo

    attested

  • 波

    wave

    Hokkien po, pho / Teochew bo1 / Mandarin bō

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

Poh is the Malaysian spelling of the Hokkien reading pó and the Teochew reading bo. Characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling are 宝 (treasure; precious) and 保 (to protect), and 波 (wave) is also read po in Hokkien and bo in Teochew. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHokkien, Teochew

Poh in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
1960s
Share (girl)
10%
JPN entries
1
  • Girl 1960s · 10%

Entries containing this syllable: Poh Choo 1960s ♀ 898

Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Poh

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 寶 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 宝 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 保 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 保 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 波 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 波 · mdbg.net · meaning

Names are shared across communities. The categories on this site are for browsing only: they describe a name and its spelling, not anyone’s ethnicity, religion or background.

Entry ID: mn00803 · Updated · How we research names · Report a mistake