Pua
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ).
Proper noun
editPua (plural Puas)
- (Philippines) A surname from Hokkien.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pua is the 36099th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Pua is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (73.91%) and Mixed Race (11.43%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pua”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editFrom pua (“flower; child”); also a short form of compound names with the element pua.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPua
- a female given name from Hawaiian, and a nickname
- (dated) a male given name from Hawaiian
- (Hawaiian mythology) a sorcery goddess of Molokai
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 397
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Pua occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 16 women and 19 men.
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Pua, from Hokkien 潘 (Phoaⁿ). Doublet of Pan and Poon.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPua (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏ)
- a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien
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- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian proper nouns
- Hawaiian given names
- Hawaiian female given names
- Hawaiian female given names from Hawaiian
- Hawaiian dated terms
- Hawaiian male given names
- Hawaiian male given names from Hawaiian
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog doublets
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ua
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ua/2 syllables
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Rhymes:Tagalog/a
- Rhymes:Tagalog/a/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Hokkien