Tupou: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tupou – Origin: Tongan (surname) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: too-POH


Tupou is a Tongan (surname) boy's name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Tupou

Origin: Tongan (surname).

A common claim: Of royal descent Actually: Tupou is closely tied to the Tongan royal family (the Tupou dynasty), but the surname's own etymology is unexplained — there's no attested word-meaning behind it.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Tupou

Phonetic: too-POH   IPA: /tuˈpoʊ/

Popularity of Tupou

Tupou 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.

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