Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Phu isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Phu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 283
- 283 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 19 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,819 as a first name in 2020; 2,370 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.
Phu’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Phu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“a courtier”
>99% boys
Kwame
“born on a Saturday”
>99% boys
Jamel
“a handsome man”
>99% boys
Jarvis
“one who wields a spear”
>99% boys
Brett
“woman of Britain or Brittany” · “a man from Britain or Brittany”
94% boys · 6% girls
Kory
“from the hollow; of the churning waters”
82% boys · 18% girls
Felipe
“one who loves horses”
>99% boys
Stephan
“crowned with garland”
>99% boys