Given name & surname · also Hokkien

Cua

Cua is a surname from Hokkien, ultimately from Spanish. It is used in Tagalog.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cua comes from Hokkien, and ultimately from Spanish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hokkien 柯 (Koa), from Spanish Cua.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cua’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Cua as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Koa. In Filipino usage, Cua as a surname has a related form in QUA. In Filipino usage, Cua as a surname has a related form in Koa.

Walk Cua’s family in the name graph

CuaKoaQuaChuaKuaTjoaTjoeaTjhoeaTjuaTjhua

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Spanish

Cuenca

“valley; watershed”

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Spanish

Carta

“document”

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Basque

Ursua

Ursua is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Pangasinan.

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Basque

Urzua

Urzua is a surname from Spanish, ultimately from Basque.

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Spanish

Cuartas

Cuartas is a surname from Spanish.

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Spanish

Cuadros

Cuadros is a surname from Spanish.

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Spanish

Kubina

“he who supplants”

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50% boys · 50% girls

Spanish

Quezada

Quezada is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, Ilocano, and Pangasinan.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

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