Thawng

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Thawng by the numbers

Thawng was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Thawng

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Thawng. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Thang37 in the US (2017)
  • Thanenoble, landowner, Scottish feudal lord49 in the US (2017)
  • Thaynethin; a form of Thane19 in the US (2017)
  • Tuang6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Thawng

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