Thien

A unisex name of Vietnamese origin, meaning celestial or heavenly.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Thien by the numbers

Thien was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 1996, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Teigenfair or beautiful; a modern respelling of Teagan94 in the US (2017)
  • Talen29 in the US (2017)
  • Thienan5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the sky or heaven

Like Thien, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
  • Irisrainbow; goddess of the rainbow759 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Heavensky; the abode of god967 in the US (2017)
  • Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Celesteheavenly, celestial671 in the US (2017)
  • Itzelrainbow lady635 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Thien

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