Tuah

Meaning

luck, good fortune (Malay). The name of Hang Tuah, the legendary Melaka admiral of the Hikayat Hang Tuah epic, which makes it the rare beloved Malay boys' name with no Arabic layer at all.

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Tuah has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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