Phú as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Phú

What is the meaning of the name Phú ?

The baby name Phú is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /fu˧˥/ — approximately 'foo' with a rising tone (Vietnamese sắc tone).

Phú is Vietnamese in Origin.

Phú is a Vietnamese given name from the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the character 富, signifying wealth, abundance, and prosperity; in literary contexts it may also reflect 賦, “to endow” or “ode.” It is pronounced roughly “foo” with a rising sắc tone. Parents choose Phú to express hopes for material well-being and flourishing character, a long-standing ideal in Vietnamese and broader East Asian naming.

In use for generations across Vietnam, Phú appears both as a standalone and, more commonly, as the second element in compound names such as Anh Phú, Đức Phú, Minh Phú, Quốc Phú, Gia Phú, or Ngọc Phú. It skews masculine but can be unisex in certain pairings. Diaspora spellings often drop diacritics to Phu. Cross-linguistic cognates include Mandarin Fù (富), Japanese Tomi, and Korean Bu. Related Vietnamese themes include Thịnh and Hưng, denoting prosperity.

⚙ Phú is a rare name. Across 9 countries, we found 44 recorded uses of it.