Siu
Meaning
a Cantonese syllable worn many ways: most often 小, 'little', the affectionate opener of names like Siu-Ming; the same spelling also renders a family name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Siu 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
30 people · the #94,398 first name in Brazil · median age 66
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Siu deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Siu 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 Siu fits with your family’s names and surname.
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