Name
BAH

Name BAH

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 59 births of Bah in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name Bah per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Bah   
In Italiano Nome Bah   


Information about the first name Bah

The first name Bah has been assigned to:
79.66% to boys
20.34% to girls
The country where the first name Bah is the most common is:
FR France
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Bah

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Bah : Hba

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Origin and meaning of name Bah

US English
Etymology src :
  • Early 19th century, probably borrowed from French bah.
Etymology src :
  • From Mandarin 吧 (ba).
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • baugh (archaic)
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • bah
  • (sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bæ/, /bɑː/
  • Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː
  • Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • baa
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bah (plural bahs)
  • Alternative spelling of baa (the cry of a sheep or goat).
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /bɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Homophones: baa, bar (in some pronunciations)
Etymology (Particle) src :
  • bah
  • (Manglish, Singlish, rare) Used for emphasis; softens a suggestion.
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (Singapore) IPA(key): [pɑ˨], [b̥-]
Anagrams src :
  • ABH, AHB, BHA, HAB, HBA, Hab, Hab., hab
Anagrams src :
  • ABH, AHB, BHA, HAB, HBA, Hab, Hab., hab
Proper noun src :
  • BAH
  • (military, US) Initialism of Basic Allowance for Housing.
Proper noun (Statistics) src :
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bah is the 7130th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4690 individuals. Bah is most common among Black/African American (92.71%) individuals.
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Not well-attested in texts, but of imitative origin nevertheless, similar to bayer (“to gape”).
Anagrams src :
  • hab
Interjection src :
  • bah
  • No.
  • Bah, bah, bah !
  • No, no, no!
  • An exclamation to fill space, often used as an intensifier; well, err, um
  • Synonym: ben
  • Tu veux jouer aussi ? ― Bah, ouais.
  • Do you want to play too? ― Well, yeah.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ba/
General
Etymology src :
  • From Malay bah.
Alternative forms src :
  • bäh
Proper noun src :
  • Bah (plural Bahs)
  • A surname.
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Possibly from Latin vāh.
Interjection src :
  • bah
  • indicates disdain or unbelief
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈba/ [ˈba]
  • Rhymes: -a
Interjection (See also) src :
  • qué va
ID Indonesian
Etymology src :
  • From Malay bah, from Proto-Malayic *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.
Etymology src :
  • From Dutch bah.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bah (first-person possessive bahku, second-person possessive bahmu, third-person possessive bahnya)
  • flood.
  • Synonym: banjir
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • bah
  • an exclamation of scorn, disgust, contempt
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • bah
  • an exclamation of intimacy
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈbah]
  • Hyphenation: bah
Malay
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Malayic *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *baah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaq, from Proto-Austronesian *baSaq.
Etymology src :
  • Shortened form of abah, from Proto-Malayic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba-h, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.
Etymology src :
  • Shortened form of babah, from baba, variant of bapa.
Etymology src :
  • Abbreviation of bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).
Etymology src :
  • Shortened form of bawah, from Proto-Malayic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *babah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babaq, from Proto-Austronesian *babaq.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • به‎
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bah (Jawi spelling به, plural bah-bah)
  • flood (overflow of water)
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • abah
  • aba
  • ابه‎
  • اب‎
  • به‎
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bah (Jawi spelling به)
  • Alternative form of abah
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • bapa
  • baba
  • babah
  • bapanda
  • bapai
  • bapak
  • bapang
  • papa
  • باڤ‎
  • بابا‎
  • بابه‎
  • به‎
  • باڤندا‎
  • باڤاي‎
  • باڤق‎
  • باڤڠ‎
  • ڤاڤ‎
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bah (Jawi spelling به)
  • Alternative form of bapa
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • bahasa
  • بهاس‎
  • به‎
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • bah (Jawi spelling به)
  • Abbreviation of bahasa.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • bawah
  • باوه‎
  • به‎
Etymology (Preposition) src :
  • bah (Jawi spelling به)
  • Alternative form of bawah
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bah/
  • Rhymes: -bah, -ah
PT Portuguese
Interjection src :
  • bah!
  • (Rio Grande do Sul) Alternative form of bá
IT Italian
Interjection src :
  • bah
  • indicates astonishment, resignation and despise; usually used after noticing or hearing something you don't like or you don't know what to think about, to avoid commenting or giving an answer to a question
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈba/, which may be followed by [h] or [ʔ] or trigger syntactic gemination.
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: bah
Interjection (See also) src :
  • mah
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • Exclamatory
Interjection src :
  • bah
  • An exclamation of disapproval, contempt or disgust: bah, yuck
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /bɑ/
  • Hyphenation: bah
DE German
Interjection src :
  • bah
  • an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc.
  • Synonyms: igitt, iiih, pfui, üäh
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ba(h)/, /baː/, /ba.aː/
 

Popularity of the name Bah

Number of BAH births per year

Total births of Bah by country

Births with the first name Bah
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
44
0
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
11
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
2
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
1
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
1

Comments on the name Bah

Personalities with the first name Bah

There is 0 personality with the first name Bah



Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Bah

There are 2 actors and actresses with the first name Bah
Bah C.
Bah Souleymane

Rankings of first name BAH by country

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