Hu.
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
Meaning & usage
A common surname from Chinese of east Asian derivation.
Where this word comes from
From Chinese 胡 (hú). Doublet of Wu. For less common variants, see Hu.
Any of several peoples of China, for example the Tatars of northwestern China, whom the Chinese considered barbarians.
The god of the creation word in Egyptian mythology.
A town in Egypt, located on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the seventh nome of Upper Egypt.
Where this word comes from
From Arabic هُو (hū), from the town's ancient name, Egyptian ḥwt-sḫm.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.