Entry № 0583 · Acehnese origin

Cut Cut — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Acehnese
Meaning
"Aceh warrior who fought the Dutch (Cut Nyak Dhien)"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Acehnese)

A name that means "aceh warrior who fought the dutch (cut nyak dhien)".

Cut is the Acehnese honorific for a noblewoman. **Cut Nyak Dhien (1848-1908)** was the **Acehnese guerrilla leader** who fought the Dutch in the Aceh War (1873-1904) for **30 years** after her first husband was killed by the Dutch in 1878. **The longest war of resistance against the Dutch colonial empire in Indonesia**, sustained largely through her leadership. Eventually captured in 1905, she died in exile in Java in 1908.

**Indonesian national hero — honored on the 10,000 rupiah note.**

Aceh's noblewoman. Led 30 years of guerrilla war against the Dutch.

The name in its native script.

Cut Nyak Dhien
Transliteration
Cut
Pronunciation
/ tʃʊt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cut stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Cut · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Cuts before her.

Real people
Cut Nyak Dhien
Acehnese guerrilla leader.
1848 – 1908
In fiction
Cut
Featured in Tjoet Nja' Dhien.
1988 film

Names connected to Cut.

The number behind Cut.

3

The Communicator

Cut reduces to three — the number of Acehnese resistance.

Why families chose this name.

"Aceh's guerrilla. Three letters. Cut."
Sri · Mother of one · Aceh