Given name & surname
Go
Go is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in Tagalog and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Go through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 567 as a first name in 2020; 4,961 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Go’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Go as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Wu. In English usage, Go as a surname has a related form in GOH. In Filipino usage, Go as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with OH.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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