Poh
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/poh/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Poh is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country, where it is the 71st most common given name.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 828(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.9K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 109 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 828 (inferred from the name graph)
≈39,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Poh 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #71 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 828 | — | Poh | 109 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Poh | 48 |
| CN China | — | ≈6,500 est. | ≈1 in 215K | — | Poh | 14 |
| SG Singapore | #237 | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Poh | 106 |
| NL Netherlands | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 77K | 6 | Poh | 4 |
| US United States | — | 186 | 1 in 1.8M | 570 | Poh | 78 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Poh | 19 |
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.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)
Poh is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In cdo, Poh^ . A coll. word, as in poh、 ； poh、 kieu^ or ^pu po\ Jciev? a sound, as in breaking wind.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a the grains of liquor, sediments, re to void spittle
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In ko-pro, diaper, wrapping cloth
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In Italian, pooh! (expression of dismissal or contempt)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Poqomchi.
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)
- Bu Shangb. 507CNnot in their usual name5th-century BC prominent disciple of Confucius
- Bu Wancangb. 1903CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director (1903-1974)
- Pok Shau-fub. 1909CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong journalist (1909-2000)
- Bu Ningb. 1917CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer
- Bu Xianqunb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese historian
- Bu Xue Liangb. 1963TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese television host, actor, singer
- Mario Pub. 1971TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor
- Bu Huab. 1973CNnot in their usual nameChinese digital artist
- Bu Xinb. 1987CNnot in their usual namefootballer
- Lisa Bunot in their usual namepassionate reader; TED speaker
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 125 | #40,182 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 61 | #40,182 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Poh mean, and where does it come from?
- The negative of the base 10 logarithm of the concentration of hydroxide ions, measured in moles per liter. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Poh?
- A machine transcription gives /poh/ (IPA) for Malay.
- Is Poh a male or female name?
- Poh is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Poh have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 39 thousand people named Poh in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled poh.
- How common is the name Poh?
- In the United States, the national register counted 186 people named Poh in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
- How common is Poh compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Poh is the 71st most common given name of 388,685 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Poh?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pohThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Poh” — the 71st most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.