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Usually a boy's name

Literal meaning
the English word lake, partly from Latin lacus, 'lake, pool' Likely
Origin
English word
Element: Water

meaning: lake

BaZi is a centuries-old Chinese way of reading the moment you were born, and naming with it sorts names by the five elements.

Inspired by Chinese naming: the element comes from the name's meaning, never from its letters or sound.

Popularity

US 2025: #2068 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #976

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Names with a similar meaning

The same meaning in Chinese

  • 湖 hú lake

Related in meaning in Chinese

  • 泓 hóng clear deep pool
  • 波 bō wave
  • 海 hǎi sea
  • 涛 tāo great wave Traditional form: 濤
  • 湾 wān bay Traditional form: 灣

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning

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