Poh Family History
Poh Name Meaning
German (Palatine): from a dialect word Pfoh for standard German Pfau ‘peacock’ a nickname for a vain person or for someone with a strutting gait. Chinese: Teochew Hokkien and Taiwanese form of the surname 傅 see Fu Also variant Romanization of the surname 符 see Fu Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 蒲 and 浦 based on their Cantonese pronunciations see Pu 1- Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 卜 步 布 and 補 based on their Cantonese pronunciations see Bu 2-5. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 薄 see Bo Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 包. Also variant Romanization of the surnames 保 暴 and 寶 based on their Cantonese pronunciations. See Bao 1 and 3-5.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022