Nuo

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Nuo is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Malaysia, Australia

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Nuò

• Malay surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Spain

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Nuò

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain

  Also written Nuò

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Nuo is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, ni p e-n n o m p e, a. [dompe,^>^.] i. bony, strong-limbed, stout (wpye beran a won ho nn.) — J^. extremely lean like a skeleton (so that the bones are perceptible) ; s. fofg

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In English, folk ritual practices found in parts in China, revolving around the worship of gods represented by wooden masks and idols.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Lithuanian, (away) from, off, out of (movement or position away from; separation from)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, nominative plural of tuo: those (objects pointed at by the speaker)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Catalan, first-person singular present indicative of nuar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• ISO 639-3 language code for Nguôn.

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Nuo mean, and where does it come from?

‘To expel demons of illness’ Recorded by Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007).

How do you pronounce Nuo?

A machine transcription gives /nwo/ (IPA) for Spanish.

In which country does Nuo have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 293 people named Nuo in Spain, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nuo.

How common is the name Nuo?

In Switzerland, the national register counted 16 people named Nuo in 2024, about 1 in 525 thousand residents.