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Zoua
How to Pronounce Zoua
Pronounced ZOO-uh /ΛzuΛΙ/Low
Meaning: Zoua is a Hmong given name carried by many Hmong-American girls and women. It is a familiar element in Hmong naming, and its appearance in United States records tracks the settlement of Hmong refugee families from the nineteen-seventies onward. Meanings attached to Hmong names can vary by family and dialect, so no single English gloss is claimed here.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Zoua is a Hmong girl's name, one of many that entered United States records as Hmong families resettled after the wars in Southeast Asia in the nineteen-seventies and eighties. The Hmong, an ethnic group from the highlands of Laos, Vietnam and southern China, brought a rich naming tradition; Zoua is a familiar given element among Hmong-American women. Its meanings can differ by family and dialect, so it is treated here with respect rather than a single fixed translation.
Zoua was never widespread in national records, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak around 1992, concentrated in states with large Hmong communities. A girl named Zoua then is now in her thirties, part of the first American-born generation of many Hmong families.
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What does the name Zoua mean?
Zoua is a Hmong girl's name; meanings vary by family and dialect, so no single fixed English meaning is claimed.
How do you pronounce Zoua?
A common American reading is ZOO-uh, two syllables; some families say it closer to ZHOO-ah.
Is Zoua a boy or girl name?
Zoua is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Zoua?
It has always been rare in national records, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties, mostly in Hmong communities.