Chau
A girls’ name of Vietnamese origin, meaning morning; early.
Chau by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Chau. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 22 babies in 1980, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chau. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Chau
Names that are said the same way as Chau, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the dawn
Like Chau, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
- Roxannedawn; a form of Roxana188 in the US (2017)
- Luceromorning star; bringer of light137 in the US (2017)
- Orianagolden or dawn; from Latin aureus28 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Chau
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