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Bu

Sivaguru Ayyadurai
By Sivaguru Ayyadurai Chief Content Creator
Updated: Aug 12, 2024 | 👁️ 9 Views | 🔊 16 Pronunciations
✔️ Fact Checked by Selvakumar Mariappan (Technical Specialist)

Gender: Female

Origin: Chinese, English

Meaning: Not; Negative or Step; Pace, Leader, Goddess

Pronunciation: Boo, buː, B UW

Popularity Rank: #9,442

On this page:

  • 1. Bu Meanings
  • 2. Bu Pronunciation Guide
  • 3. Record your pronunciation of Bu
  • 4. Translations of Bu
  • 5. Bu Name Popularity
  • 6. Famous People with Name Bu
  • 7. Bu Name Poster
  • 8. Names similar to Bu

Bu Meanings

  • Not; Negative or Step; Pace
    💎 40
    sivaguru on August 12, 2024
  • Leader
  • Goddess
  • Origin - Chinese
    💎 25
    sivaguru on August 12, 2024
  • Origin - English

In Chinese, Bu means 'not; negative' or 'step; pace'. It is often used in compound words to convey various meanings related to negation or movement.

The name Bu is of Chinese, English origin and means Not; Negative or Step; Pace, Leader, Goddess. It is often used as a Female name and is mostly used as a Last Name.

Bu is commonly found in United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and 79 more countries.

Bu Pronunciation Guide

Phonetic Pronunciation: Boo

IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet): buː

ARPAbet Phonetic Pronunciation: B UW

B: Pronounce as in "big" (B IH G)

UW: Pronounce as in "blue" (B L UW)

This pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET system, a phonetic notation developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for speech recognition systems. Each ARPABET symbol corresponds to a distinct sound in English. For example, 'JH' represents the sound as in 'joke,' 'AA' represents the sound as in 'father,' and 'N' represents the sound as in 'no.'

The pronunciation guide was generated using the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, a public domain resource for phonetic pronunciations of words.

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Translations of Bu

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Bu Name Popularity

At NamesLook, the name Bu is recorded 5,452 times globally, ranking it as the 9,442th most common name worldwide.

Bu is most prevalent in United Arab Emirates, with 906 occurrences, making it the 880th most popular name in the country.

In Bahrain, the name Bu is found among 1 in every 396 people, showcasing its highest frequency there.

Bu Popularity by Country

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CountryRankFrequency
United Arab Emirates#8801 : 1,098
Bahrain#1691 : 396
Morocco#2,4931 : 2,194
Saudi Arabia#6,4131 : 7,285
Malaysia#3,5801 : 5,787
Oman#2,2441 : 2,603
Qatar#1,2451 : 1,938
Turkey#4,3231 : 4,800
Hong Kong#1,4671 : 2,233
Kuwait#2,5181 : 3,774
Egypt#13,0881 : 15,192
Italy#7,8981 : 7,990
France#9,1611 : 11,540
United States of America#16,4931 : 17,395
Germany#4,0641 : 3,667
Singapore#4,3591 : 8,188
South Africa#14,5991 : 34,484
Taiwan#1,0311 : 3,375
Algeria#15,7601 : 28,923
Nigeria#12,2171 : 26,969
Lebanon#3,8591 : 4,976
Iraq#23,3321 : 34,180
China#1,7261 : 4,414
United Kingdom#14,2631 : 17,684
India#14,9891 : 31,208
Yemen#11,2291 : 24,900
Spain#15,2471 : 27,274
Netherlands#12,9381 : 17,245

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