Luo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Luo

What is the meaning of the name Luo ?

The baby name Luo is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin: Luó [lu̯ɔ˧˥] — approximated in English as "LOH" (rhymes with 'low'); also romanized/pronounced as Lo or Loh in other Chinese dialects..

Luo is Chinese in Origin.

Luo is a short unisex Chinese given name and very common surname, the pinyin romanization of several characters, most often 罗/羅 (Luó) and 洛 (Luò). 罗 means “net, gauze, to gather,” while 洛 names the Luo River and appears in place-names such as Luoyang, carrying connotations of flowing water and elegance. As a surname, Luo traces to early Zhou-period lineages and toponyms around the Luo River; it remains widespread across southern China and the Chinese diaspora. As a given name element, Luo occurs in two-character names for any gender.

Variants reflect dialects and systems: Lo (Wade-Giles), Loh and Low (Hokkien/Teochew), Lo or Law (Cantonese), and Lok for 洛; tones may appear as Luó or Luò. Outside Sinophone contexts, Luo also denotes a major Nilotic ethnolinguistic group in East Africa; though not traditionally a personal name there, some modern bearers use it to honor heritage.