The baby name Huo is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin pinyin: huǒ (third tone, 火) [huo˧˩˧] or huò (fourth tone, 霍) [huo˥˩]. Cantonese: fo2 (火) [foː], fok3 (霍) [fɔk̚]..
Huo is Chinese in Origin.
The baby name Huo is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin pinyin: huǒ (third tone, 火) [huo˧˩˧] or huò (fourth tone, 霍) [huo˥˩]. Cantonese: fo2 (火) [foː], fok3 (霍) [fɔk̚]..
Huo is Chinese in Origin.
Huo is a Chinese name; a romanization of several characters, most commonly the surname 霍 (Huò) from the Zhou-era fief of Huo in today’s Shanxi. The clan produced noted Han officials such as the general Huo Qubing. As a given-name element, Huo may represent 火 (Huǒ) “fire” in Mandarin, chosen for Five Elements associations; while a stand-alone given name exists, it more often appears in compounds.
Meaning depends on the writing: 霍 conveys suddenness and swiftness, but as a surname its sense is chiefly genealogical; 火 evokes warmth, passion, brilliance, and transformation, and may be picked to balance a child’s Bazi chart. Variants and transliterations include Fok (Cantonese for 霍), Hok (Hokkien/Teochew), Hoắc (Vietnamese), and Hwak (Korean reading). Unisex in modern usage, Huo sees modest given-name adoption in the Chinese diaspora.
Huo is seldom given. We have only 170 recorded uses of it on record, from 33 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN | 0 | #85 | 2 | 3,857 | |
| TW | 0 | #103 | 1 | 4,523 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #230 | 5 | 5,842 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #253 | 4 | 7,111 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #260 | 4 | 7,056 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #304 | 16 | 9,639 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #338 | 12 | 8,829 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #357 | 2 | 7,678 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #553 | 5 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #626 | 7 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #643 | 8 | 16,104 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #687 | 11 | 17,960 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #784 | 2 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #924 | 12 | 25,931 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,066 | 7 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,099 | 13 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,194 | 6 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,227 | 8 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Huo is popular in 33 countries — most recent births per country:
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