Cloud
Pahoua is a traditional Hmong name that translates directly to 'cloud'. In Hmong culture, names are often chosen for their natural beauty or to reflect the circumstances of a child's birth. It is a poetic name that evokes a sense of lightness and the sky.
Less common today
Pahoua isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,657 in 1994.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).