Bui as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bui

What is the meaning of the name Bui ?

The baby name Bui is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Vietnamese approx.: [bwi˨˩] — sounds like "bwee" (one syllable, low/falling tone). Anglicized: "bwee" or "boo-ee"..

Bui is Vietnamese in Origin.

Bui carries several distinct origins. In Vietnamese, Bùi is a common surname, the Sino-Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname 裴 (Mandarin Péi; Korean Bae). While primarily a family name, it is sometimes used as a given or middle name in the diaspora. It has no independent lexical meaning in modern Vietnamese; pronunciations abroad approximate “BOO-ee” or “bwee.”

In the North Germanic world, Búi is a masculine given name from Old Norse bú “homestead, household” with the agentive -i, yielding the sense “resident, farmer, dweller.” It appears in medieval sources such as the Jomsvikinga saga (Búi digri) and remains in use in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. An additional Gaelic strand is Irish Buí, meaning “yellow; fair-haired,” historically used as a descriptive byname and occasionally adopted as a modern given name. Variants and spellings include Bùi, Bui (diacriticless), Búi, Buí; related surnames include Pei and Bae.