The story behind Hậu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 厚.
Pronunciation
Vietnamese; Hà-Nội: [həw˧˨ʔ]
Regional pronunciation variants
- Vietnamese; Huế: [həw˨˩ʔ]
- Vietnamese: [həw˨˩˨]
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Names Similar to Hậu
Hiếu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 孝.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hiệu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 昊. Originally Hạo, but changed to Hiệu due to naming taboo, in order to avoid homophony with the name of Emperor Kiến Phúc's birth name Nguyễn Phúc…
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Châu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 珠 (“pearl”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Diệu
Sino-Vietnamese word from 妙. Sino-Vietnamese word from 耀.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Du
Sino-Vietnamese word from 攸.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Kiều
Sino-Vietnamese word from 嬌 or 翹.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Hậu
Ajisai
/adisawi/ → /ad͡ʑisai/ From Old Japanese. Recorded in the Man'yōshū of c. 759 CE with the phonetic man'yōgana spellings 味狭藍 (adisawi) and 安治佐為 (adisawi), and in the Wamyō…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ashita
Shift in meaning from 朝 (ashita, “next morning”), itself cognate with 朝 (asa, “morning”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 明日 (míngrì).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Fubuki
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 吹雪く (fubuku, “to blow violently (said of wind); to blow a snowstorm”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Hậu
An
Sino-Vietnamese word from 安.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ân
Sino-Vietnamese word from 恩.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ấn
Sino-Vietnamese word from 印.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length