غو
surname · Arabic script
Meaning, in Persian: cry, clamor, thunder
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
غو is a surname written in the Arabic script, with more bearers in Iraq than in any other country.
- IQIraq≈1 in 243K(inferred from the name graph)
- IRIran≈1 in 11M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Iraq (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 9 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 243K (inferred from the name graph)
≈160 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Iraq, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
go (“board game”)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How غو is read(measured from records)
غو is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Persian52%
cry, clamor, thunder
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Arabic47%
go (“board game”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
غو counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
غو is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Pashto, sexual intercourse, coitus, fucking
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wellington Koob. 1888TWnot in their usual nameDiplomat and former President of the Republic of China
- Koo In-hwoib. 1907KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean businessman; co-founder of LG Group (1907–1969)
- Joseph Koob. 1931CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong composer (1931–2023)
- Koo Bon-moob. 1945KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean business executive
- Gu Changweib. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director (1957-)
- Koo Kyo-hwanb. 1982KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean film director and actor
- Koo Hye-sunb. 1984KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actress, director and singer
- Koo Ja-cheolb. 1989KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean footballer
- Goo Harab. 1991KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean pop singer (1991–2019)
- Ku Bon-chanb. 1993KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean archer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name غو come from?
- go (“board game”) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name غو mean?
- In Persian, cry, clamor, thunder
- In which country does غو have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 160 people named غو in Iraq, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled غو.
- How common is the name غو?
- Mondonomo estimates about 160 people in Iraq have غو as their first surname, about 1 in 243 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “غو”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.