Given name & surname · also German

Bau

Bau is a surname from German, ultimately from Chinese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bau comes from German, and ultimately from Chinese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Bau, from French Bau.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bau’s family of names

In English usage, Bau as a surname has a related form in Beau. In English usage, Bau as a surname has a related form in Bao.

Walk Bau’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

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

Similar names

If you love Bau, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Blau

Blau is a surname from German.

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German

Au

“Thursday”

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52% boys · 48% girls

Chinese

Đậu

Đậu is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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Chinese

Bửu

Bửu is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Chinese

Hậu

Hậu is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Chinese

Gau

Gau is a surname from German, ultimately from Chinese. It is used in English and Portuguese.

No U.S. birth series

54% boys · 46% girls

Teochew

Lau

Lau is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Teochew. It is used in English, German, and Danish.

No U.S. birth series

37% boys · 63% girls

Chinese

Dậu

Dậu is a unisex given name. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bau’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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