Pui Pui
Meaning
affectionate repetition of 佩 (pui, 'pendant'; also used for admiration or esteem)
The story
Pui Pui is intimate by design. In this collection it represents 佩佩: 佩 can mean to wear a pendant and also appears in words for admiration or respect. The repeated form matters as much as the character. In Cantonese, family members and close friends can make an affectionate name by repeating the final syllable of a given name; Hong Kong teaching materials give the pattern explicitly and note that people rarely use it for themselves. That makes Pui Pui a relationship name as well as a written one. It may begin with 佩, but the Latin syllable pui could represent another character in another person's name, so the meaning should not be generalized without the writing. The US curve shows only a tiny recent trace. Its real story is not an American trend, but the warmth created when one sound is lovingly said twice.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Pui Pui has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
The Pui Pui deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Pui Pui 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 Pui Pui fits with your family’s names and surname.
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