Given name & surname · also Burmese
Soe
Soe is a surname from Burmese, ultimately from Hokkien.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Soe comes from Burmese, and ultimately from Hokkien.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Burmese စိုး, from Teochew 蘇 (sou¹), from Hokkien 蘇 (So͘).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Soe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 15 boys · 46 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 9 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 girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,545 as a first name in 2020; 4,454 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.
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