Entry № 8342 · Hebrew origin

Puah Puah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ POO-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Splendid (Hebrew midwife who defied Pharaoh)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "splendid (hebrew midwife who defied pharaoh)".

Puah is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning splendid (hebrew midwife who defied pharaoh).

Splendid. Shiphrah's partner in defying Pharaoh.

The name in its native script.

פּוּעָה
Transliteration
Pūʿāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈpuː.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Puah stands.

Puah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Puahs before her.

Real people
Puah
Hebrew midwife who defied Pharaoh.
In fiction
Puah
Biblical figure (Exodus 1:15-21).
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Puah.

The number behind Puah.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Puah reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.