Surname · Chinese
歐巴馬
“to lean or bend”
歐巴馬 is a surname from English, ultimately from Luo. It is used in Chinese.
ChineseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Obama.
Meaning & origin
What it means
歐巴馬 goes back to Luo obam, meaning “to lean or bend.”
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Where it comes from
歐巴馬 comes from English, and ultimately from Luo.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From English Obama, from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
歐巴馬’s family of names
In Chinese usage, 歐巴馬 as a surname was borrowed from the English form OBAMA.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
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