Given name & surname

Wu

“of the army; a sorcerer”

Wu is used as a given name and a surname. One Chinese interpretation is “of the army; a sorcerer.”

Original Chinese巫

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One Chinese interpretation is “of the army; a sorcerer.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.

How it developed

From Chinese ^武 (“war, warrior, warlike”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wu’s family of names

In English usage, Wu as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Hu. In English usage, Wu as a surname has a related form in WOO. In Indonesian usage, Wu as a surname has a related form in Hu.

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

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Around the world

Wu has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.

Chinesewhere Wu comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 7

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 16

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

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People named Wu

Characters named Wu: Zhu Wu (Water Margin character).

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