Given name & surname
Ku
Ku is a surname from Korean. It is used in English and Indonesian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ku through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 33 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 11 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 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 915 as a first name in 2020; 5,761 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.
Ku’s family of names
In English usage, Ku as a surname has a related form in KOO. In English usage, Ku as a surname has a related form in KOO. In English usage, Ku as a surname has a related form in GU.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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