Kuah

loc · Latin script

Meaning: broth

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

Kuah is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Malaysia.

rarermore common
  • MYMalaysia
  • LALaos
  • ISIceland

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

broth

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kuah is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In zlm, sauce or liquid in which a Malay ‘wet curry’ is stewed

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In iba, gravy, soup, any liquid left after cooking

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In btx, sauce; dessert with liquid

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In neh, woman

    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)

19201940196019802000Kwa Geok Choo, b. 1920Grace Chang, b. 1933Ko Chun-hsiung, b. 1945Ge You, b. 1957Ko Wen-je, b. 1959Eric Kot, b. 1966Lawrence Ko, b. 1977Giddens Ko, b. 1978Alice Ke, b. 1985Ko Chen-tung, b. 1991
  • Kwa Geok Choob. 1920SGnot in their usual nameSingaporean lawyer (1920-2010)
  • Grace Changb. 1933CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress and singer (1933–2026)
  • Ko Chun-hsiungb. 1945TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor
  • Ge Youb. 1957CNnot in their usual nameChinese actor
  • Ko Wen-jeb. 1959TWnot in their usual namephysician and former Mayor of Taipei
  • Eric Kotb. 1966CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor and singer
  • Lawrence Kob. 1977TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor, singer
  • Giddens Kob. 1978TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese writer and director
  • Alice Keb. 1985TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress
  • Ko Chen-tungb. 1991TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor and singer

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)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Kuah
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20079#64,952
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kuah mean, and where does it come from?
broth Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Kuah have the most bearers?
Kuah is most frequently recorded in Malaysia.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kuah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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