Jů

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Jů is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”).

Sources 7

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jů counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Jů is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2.8K—5
BR Brazil—199——
NL Netherlands—148—2
ES Spain—90——
SE Sweden—45—1

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 — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jů is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname43 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Malaysia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Korean

    Also written Jue, Ju, Jü, Ju', Jú

  • Indonesian name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Ju, Jü, Jú

2 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jů under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jů mean, and where does it come from?
From various romanizations of various Chinese characters. As a prefecture, from Chinese 矩州 (Jǔzhōu, “Carpenter's-Square Prefecture”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 5 other sources.
Is Jů a male or female name?
Jů 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 Jů have the most bearers?
Jů is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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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, “Jů”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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