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Youa
How to Pronounce Youa
Pronounced YOO-uh /ΛjuΛΙ/Low
Meaning: Youa is a Hmong girl's name carried to the United States by Hmong refugee families; sources do not agree on a single literal gloss, so it is honest to treat its exact meaning as uncertain.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Youa reflects the arrival of Hmong refugees in the United States following the wars in Southeast Asia. It surfaced in birth records in the early nineteen-eighties, almost entirely within Hmong American communities, and its short run fits that first wave of American-born children.
It was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its brief peak, and it faded from the records by the later nineteen-nineties. A girl named Youa in the mid-eighties would be in her early forties today. Because Hmong was long an unwritten language, glosses vary, so its meaning is best left open rather than pinned down.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Youa mean?
It is a Hmong girl's name; sources do not agree on a single literal meaning, so its exact sense is best treated as uncertain.
How do you pronounce Youa?
A common American reading is YOO-uh /ΛjuΛΙ/, two syllables with the stress at the front.
Is Youa a boy or girl name?
Youa is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Youa?
It was always rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-eighties, mostly within Hmong American families.