Given name & surname · also Spanish

Poa

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

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Poa comes from Spanish, and ultimately from Hokkien.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Spanish Poa, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Poa’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Poa as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Pan. In Filipino usage, Poa as a surname has a related form in Pua. In Filipino usage, Poa as a surname has a related form in Pua.

Walk Poa’s family in the name graph

PoaΠόαFuaPuaPan

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 2

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 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Spanish

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Occitan

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Spanish

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Sibling ideas

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