Given name & surname

Chow

Chow is a surname from Cantonese. It is used in English and Tagalog.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chow comes from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cantonese 周 (zau¹).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chow’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Chow as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with CHIU.

Walk Chow’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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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.

Similar names

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

Korean

Choo

Choo is a surname from Chinese, ultimately from Korean.

No U.S. birth series

30% boys · 70% girls

Korean

Choi

Choi is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Korean. It is used in English and Tagalog.

No U.S. birth series

17% boys · 83% girls

Chinese

Choy

Choy is a surname from Korean. It is used in English and Spanish.

No U.S. birth series

36% boys · 64% girls

Hokkien

Pow

Pow is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Hokkien.

No U.S. birth series

44% boys · 56% girls

Wade–Giles

Ch'i

Ch'i is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Wade–Giles.

No U.S. birth series

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Wade–Giles

Ch'en

Ch'en is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Wade–Giles.

No U.S. birth series

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Hokkien

Chui

Chui is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Hokkien.

No U.S. birth series

12% boys · 88% girls

Wade–Giles

Ch'in

Ch'in is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Wade–Giles.

No U.S. birth series

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