At a Glance: Name: Boah – Origin: Korean (hanja compound) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: boh-AH
Boah is a Korean (hanja compound) girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Korean Baby Girl Names With Stunning Meanings.
Meaning & Origin of Boah
Origin: Korean (hanja compound).
A common claim: Boah is said to combine 寶 ('precious/treasure') and 아, glossed as 'precious and beautiful.' Actually: 아 is usually just a phonetic name-ending syllable, not a hanja meaning "beautiful" — so this pairing isn't reliable, and "precious and beautiful" isn't a confirmed meaning.
How to Pronounce Boah
Phonetic: boh-AH IPA: /bo.a/
Popularity of Boah
Boah doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Boah
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