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По

“a lively woman”

По (Po) is a given name from Italian. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian.

Bulgarian and Russian and Serbo-Croatian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Po.

Meaning & origin

What it means

По is Po written in Cyrillic. One Italian interpretation is “a lively woman.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

По comes from Italian.

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How it developed

From Italian Po.

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По’s family of names

In Russian usage, По has a conventional equivalent in the French form Pau. In Ukrainian usage, По can be written in the Roman alphabet as Po. In Russian usage, По as a surname has a transliteration in Po.

Walk По’s family in the name graph

ПоPoPȏПорошенкоPau

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

По has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.

UkrainianItalian

4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

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