Choo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Choo

What is the meaning of the name Choo ?

The baby name Choo is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced CHOO.

Choo is Cantonese, Chinese in Origin.

Choo is an English romanization of the Chinese surname 周 in many Hokkien, Teochew, and Cantonese-speaking diaspora contexts. Its earliest form is the Old Chinese graph 周, seen in early Zhou-period bronze inscriptions as a clan and state name later read Mandarin Zhōu. The classical lexical sense is circuit, circumference, or all around; as a surname it is toponymic and dynastic, not the word for bamboo, 竹 zhú. Some bearers spell unrelated characters the same way, especially 朱, vermilion.

The surname spread with southern Chinese migration to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and English-speaking countries, where Choo, Chu, Chow, Chew, and Chou may represent different dialect readings rather than one standard spelling. In Korea, Choo can also romanize 추, usually 秋, autumn, so family histories must be read by character. In the United States the Census recorded 1,994 bearers in 2020, chiefly among Asian/Pacific Islander respondents.