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وَحْيُو

Wahyu

WAH-yoo

Revelation.”

About Wahyu

Wahyu is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "revelation" — an Indonesian-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

Indonesian usage borrowed from Arabic 'wahy' (divine revelation). Common Indonesian masculine name.

Common Indonesian masculine name.

Origin & roots

Origin

Indonesian · Arabic

Gender

Boy

Root letters

و ح يW-Ḥ-Y

Across the Malay world, names with these consonants arrived alongside Islam itself — first by sea, then by family lineage.

How to say it

WAH·yoo

Stressed syllable in capitals

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Wahyu: Meaning, Pronunciation, and Origin · Houdhoud