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Fu

boy name
Origin
Cantonese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

prosperous, wealthy (富)

Popularity, 1890–2024

Fu does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.

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Popularity in Brazil

48 people · the #68,557 first name in Brazil · median age 56

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Fu truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Fu fits with your family’s names and surname.

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Where Fu travels

Chinese · good fortune, blessing (福)

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