Given name & surname · also Malay
Boo
Boo is a surname from Malay, ultimately from Chinese. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Galician.
Original Chinese夫
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Boo comes from Malay, and ultimately from Chinese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Boo as a surname developed from 夫. In English usage, Boo as a surname developed from 巫.
Boo’s family of names
In English usage, Boo as a surname developed from the Chinese form 夫. In English usage, Boo as a surname has a related form in WOO. In English usage, Boo as a surname has a related form in Wu.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Boo
- Boo KullbergSwedish gymnast (1889-1962)
- Boo Weekleyprofessional golferborn 1973
- Boo AhlSwedish ice hockey goaltender1969–2024
- Boo NievesAmerican ice hockey forwardborn 1994
- Boo EllisAmerican professional basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers (1936-2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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