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href="/wiki/Template:Culture_of_Thailand" title="Template:Culture of Thailand"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Culture_of_Thailand" title="Template talk:Culture of Thailand"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Culture_of_Thailand" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Culture of Thailand"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thai names</b> follow the Western order of a <a href="/wiki/Given_name" title="Given name">given name</a> followed by a <a href="/wiki/Family_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Family name">family name</a>. This differs from the patterns of <a href="/wiki/Cambodian_name" title="Cambodian name">Cambodian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_name" title="Vietnamese name">Vietnamese</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asian</a> cultures, which place the family name first. </p><p>Like <a href="/wiki/Persian_name" title="Persian name">Iranian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_name" title="Turkish name">Turkish</a> counterparts, Thai family names are a relatively recent introduction and required to be unique to a family; they are usually quite long as a result. Until the promulgation of the Surname Act of 1913 by <a href="/wiki/Vajiravudh" title="Vajiravudh">King Vajiravudh (Rama VI)</a>, inhabitants of Siam did not have surnames, identifying themselves instead by their parents' given names or the place they resided.<sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While given names are used in formal settings and for recordkeeping, most Thais are also given a <a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">nickname</a> at birth that is used in daily life. This nickname takes precedence over the given name in most other social situations, including school or the workplace. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Surnames">Surnames</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Surnames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Last names became legally required of Thai citizens in 1913 with the passing of the Surname Act 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until then, most Thais used only a first or given name. According to the current law, Person Name Act, <a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">BE</a> 2505 (1962), to create a new Thai surname, it must be no longer than ten <a href="/wiki/Thai_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai alphabet">Thai letters</a>, excluding vowel symbols and diacritics.<sup id="cite_ref-Nittaya-Royin-1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nittaya-Royin-1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same law also forbids the creation of a surname which is a duplicate of any existing surnames; however, there are some duplicates dating to the time before computer databases were available to prevent this.<sup id="cite_ref-Nittaya-Royin-2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nittaya-Royin-2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some creations incorporated the name of their location (<a href="/wiki/Muban" title="Muban">muban</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tambon" title="Tambon">tambon</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Amphoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphoe">amphoe</a>) into their surnames, similar to <a href="/wiki/Family_name_affixes" class="mw-redirect" title="Family name affixes">family name suffixes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Korat-surnamesuffixes1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korat-surnamesuffixes1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Non_Sung-surnamesuffixes1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Non_Sung-surnamesuffixes1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Thaisong-surnamesuffix_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thaisong-surnamesuffix-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Surname Act of 1913 also decreed that married women can either bear her husband's surname or keep her maiden name (in Clause 6). A woman's right to choose her surname ended in 1941 with the passage of the "Personal Name Act 1941". The law forced women to use their husband's surname after marriage (Clause 13). The Personal Name Act of 1941 was revised in 1962. The 1962 law allowed a divorced woman to continue using her maiden surname (Clause 13 of the Personal Name Act 1962). A widow could keep her husband's surname or could revert to her maiden surname (Clause 14). The Personal Name Act 2002 gave a married woman the right to use her maiden name or assume her spouse's surname. She has to choose one or the other when the marriage is registered. A couple also has the right to use a different surname.<sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a measure of the diversity of Thai names, in a sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique and 35% of given names were unique. The people with shared family names are related, and the diversity of given names is conventional.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Generic_surnames">Generic surnames</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Generic surnames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Thai_name" title="Special:EditPage/Thai name">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The surnames of most of the non-<a href="/wiki/Thai_Chinese" title="Thai Chinese">Chinese Thai</a> population, such as the <a href="/wiki/Thai_people" title="Thai people">Siamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mon_people" title="Mon people">Mon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indians_in_Thailand" title="Indians in Thailand">Indian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iranians_in_Thailand" title="Iranians in Thailand">Persian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistanis_in_Thailand" title="Pakistanis in Thailand">Pathan</a>, Portuguese, <a href="/wiki/Isan_people" title="Isan people">Isan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Thai_people" title="Northern Thai people">Lanna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Khmer_people" title="Northern Khmer people">Northern Khmer</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Kuy_people" title="Kuy people">Kuy</a> often use simple words in their surname. Common origins for surnames include naming them after ancestors, professions, or places of residence. For example, the surname of footballer <a href="/wiki/Siwarak_Tedsungnoen" title="Siwarak Tedsungnoen">Siwarak Tedsungnoen</a> comes from the name of <a href="/wiki/Sung_Noen_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Sung Noen District">Sung Noen District</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Kroekrit_Thaweekarn" title="Kroekrit Thaweekarn">Kroekrit Thaweekarn</a> comes from the name of <a href="/wiki/Kanchanadit_district" title="Kanchanadit district">Kanchanadit district</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chinese_surnames">Chinese surnames</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chinese surnames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Thai_name" title="Special:EditPage/Thai name">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Surnames among <a href="/wiki/Thai_Chinese" title="Thai Chinese">Thais of Chinese descent</a> are mostly derived from the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_surname" title="Chinese surname">Chinese surname</a> and contain hints toward the original. For example, the family of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a>, adopted the surname in 1938, where the first syllable of the surname, "<i>shin",</i> is derived from the Chinese surname 丘, while the surname of former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Banharn_Silpa-archa" title="Banharn Silpa-archa">Banharn Silpa-archa</a> contains "<i>archa"</i>, which means <a href="/wiki/Ma_(surname)" title="Ma (surname)">horse</a> in Chinese. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malay_surnames">Malay surnames</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Malay surnames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Thai_name" title="Special:EditPage/Thai name">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Malayness" title="Malayness">Malay traditional culture</a> does not include surnames. The majority of <a href="/wiki/Thai_Malays" title="Thai Malays">Thais of Malay descent</a> surnames are in the same style as mainstream Thai, such as <a href="/wiki/Chairat_Madsiri" title="Chairat Madsiri">Madsiri</a> or <a href="/wiki/Surin_Pitsuwan" title="Surin Pitsuwan">Pitsuwan</a>. However, some Thai Malays also use <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay language</a> terms in their surnames such as <a href="/wiki/Elias_Dolah" title="Elias Dolah">Dolah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adul_Lahsoh" title="Adul Lahsoh">Lahsoh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sompong_Soleb" title="Sompong Soleb">Soleb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nurul_Sriyankem" title="Nurul Sriyankem">Sriyankem</a>, Yousoh, etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Romanization_of_surnames">Romanization of surnames</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Romanization of surnames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Thai" title="Romanization of Thai">romanization of Thai</a> in some surnames, especially ones bestowed by the king, do not follow the standard <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription" title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription">Royal Thai General System of Transcription</a> (RTGS), which follows Thai phonology, but instead follow the romanization of the original <a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pali</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> root.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in the surname <a href="/wiki/Sereepisuth_Temeeyaves" title="Sereepisuth Temeeyaves">Temeeyaves</a> <span title="Thai-language text"><span lang="th">เตมียาเวส</span></span>, the <span title="Thai-language text"><span lang="th">ว</span></span> consonant corresponds to /w/ in Thai phonology, but the relevant Sanskrit root has /v/ there, leading to the transcription with <i>v</i>. This kind of romanization can also be seen in the name of monarchs. For example, the usual romanization for the current King's name is <i><a href="/wiki/Vajiralongkorn" title="Vajiralongkorn">Vajiralongkorn</a></i>, as opposed to <i>Wachiralongkon</i>. </p><p>The main purpose of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription" title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription">Royal Thai General System of Transcription</a> (RTGS) transcription is to transcribe Thai words in newspapers, official government publications, and road signs. The general Thai public hardly knows about this system, not to mention knows how to transcribe their names with it. Therefore, people come up with their own romanization of their names. It is very common to find two people with the same Thai names (given names or surnames) but spelling their names differently in the Latin alphabet. <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Given_names">Given names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Given names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thai names generally convey positive attributes, and some Thais change their names frequently, a practice virtually unknown in most countries outside of marriage. (Family names are changed less frequently, as it requires permission from senior members of the family.) Many times, changes are sought to get rid of bad luck; this practice lies in tradition, which holds that name changes confuse malicious ghosts and spirits of one's identity. </p><p>According to Denis Segaller, author of <i>Thai Ways</i>, there are at least "tens of thousands" of formal given names in Thailand,<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp205_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp205-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that compared to any given country in <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">the West</a> "there are many times more first names".<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp207_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp207-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also stated that people in Thailand were creating more given names on a daily basis.<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp205_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp205-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such given names are usually gender-specific;<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp209_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp209-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> according to Segaller, the number of truly gender-neutral names numbered "perhaps two or three hundred";<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp207_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp207-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he characterised this number as being very small.<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp209_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp209-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because family names are relatively new in Thai society, dating only to 1913, Thai people are primarily known by their given names. According to Segaller, some Thai who have been friends for long periods of time do not know their friends' family names, and "The first-name habit is so deeply ingrained in Thai society".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Informal names are awarded at birth and may continue in use to the extent that one may have to check the formal registration to find a person's given formal name.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nicknames">Nicknames</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Nicknames"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thais typically address one other by <a href="/wiki/Nicknames" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicknames">nicknames</a> (<a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">ชื่อเล่น</span>; <small><a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription" title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription">RTGS</a>: </small><span title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription"><i lang="th-Latn"><i>chue len</i></i></span>), if they have them. The vast majority of Thais have nicknames, though some do not have them, though they may be addressed by shortened versions of their formal given names.<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp205_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp205-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bestowed by relatives or playmates in early childhood, these are commonly one syllable (or worn down from two to one). These may often be nonsense words or humorous and seldom relate to the registered name except in cases where it is a <a href="/wiki/Diminutive" title="Diminutive">diminutive</a>, such as <i>Nok</i> for <i>Noknoi</i>, or 'bird' from 'little bird'. They are freely used in everyday life. Some may have additional nicknames bestowed by friends or colleagues, especially during school or adolescence. Nicknames may link with a notable physical feature or behavior. In everyday life, a Thai is introduced by nickname and others may not know the person's formal name. When so introduced, one usually continues to use the nickname. </p><p>The evolution of Thai nicknames dates back to the <a href="/wiki/Sukhothai_Kingdom" title="Sukhothai Kingdom">Sukhothai era</a>, when names were used to mark the order of children. Nicknames such as <i>Ai</i>, <i>Yee</i>, and <i>Sam</i> designated children as 'one', 'two', and 'three'. Later, in the <a href="/wiki/Ayutthaya_Kingdom" title="Ayutthaya Kingdom">Ayutthaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rattanakosin_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Rattanakosin Kingdom">Rattanakosin</a> periods, children began to be named for physical attributes, such as <i>Daeng</i> ('red') or <i>Uan</i> ('fat') or for desirable items such as <i>Thong</i> ('gold'). Conversely, unflattering nicknames such as <i>Mah</i> ('dog'), <i>Moo</i> ('pig'), or <i>Gop</i> ('frog') were employed to keep malign spirits from coveting the child. <a href="/wiki/King_Mongkut" class="mw-redirect" title="King Mongkut">King Mongkut</a> (Rama IV) (1804–1868) stimulated interest in naming babies in accordance with astrological principles as outlined in the ancient scripture, <i>Namtaksapakorn</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-KU-2013_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KU-2013-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some Thai Chinese have <a href="/wiki/Courtesy_name" title="Courtesy name">courtesy names</a> which are used when interacting with Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese people only, like <a href="/wiki/Dhanin_Chearavanont" title="Dhanin Chearavanont">Dhanin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Suphachai_Chearavanont" title="Suphachai Chearavanont">Suphachai Chearavanont</a> known in Chinese as 'Kok Min' (國民) and 'Rong Ren' (榕仁). </p><p>During the time of Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Plaek_Phibunsongkhram" title="Plaek Phibunsongkhram">Plaek Phibunsongkhram</a> (1897–1964), gender-based naming was introduced. Names ending in "-sak", "-chai", and "-yot" were for male babies, "-porn" or "-sri" for females. In the 21st century, assigning nicknames still relies heavily on astrological beliefs, but also in keeping up with current naming fashions. Observers have noted such modern nicknames as "Porsche", "Mercedes", "Benz", "Man U", "Big Mac", "Internet", and "Google", among others.<sup id="cite_ref-BP-20161102_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BP-20161102-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/King_Bhumibol_Adulyadej" class="mw-redirect" title="King Bhumibol Adulyadej">King Bhumibol Adulyadej</a>'s nickname, for example, was <i>Ong Lek</i> (<a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">องค์เล็ก</span>; <i>Ong</i> is a numerative noun for kings, princes, princesses, priests, images of Buddha, gods, angels, palaces, pagodas; <i>lek</i> means 'little (one)', a common name for younger siblings).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a>'s nickname is <i>Maeo</i> (<a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">แม้ว</span>), Thai for the <a href="/wiki/Miao_people" title="Miao people">Miao people</a>. By way of example preceding formal naming, <a href="/wiki/Plaek_Pibulsongkram#Early_years" class="mw-redirect" title="Plaek Pibulsongkram">Plaek Pibulsongkram</a>'s childhood name 'Plaek' meant 'strange'. He later adopted as a surname what was originally an award for academic excellence and generally known in public life by the shortened form <i>Pibun</i>. Thailand's first female prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Yingluck_Shinawatra" title="Yingluck Shinawatra">Yingluck Shinawatra</a>, is nicknamed <i>Pu</i> 'crab' (<span title="Thai-language text"><span lang="th">ปู</span></span>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Thai pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="th-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai" title="Help:IPA/Thai">[pūː]</a></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In contrast with nicknames, at present the vast majority of Thai people's personal names are Sanskrit names, or compounds of Sanskrit with Thai or Khmer. Thai names in Sanskrit usually have a different style from Indian names. For example, names such as <a href="/wiki/Theerathon_Bunmathan" title="Theerathon Bunmathan">Dhiradora</a>, <a href="/wiki/Teerasil_Dangda" title="Teerasil Dangda">Dhirashila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chanathip_Songkrasin" title="Chanathip Songkrasin">Janadhipa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siwarak_Tedsungnoen" title="Siwarak Tedsungnoen">Shivarak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suphanat_Mueanta" title="Suphanat Mueanta">Shubhanata</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Surachat_Sareepim" title="Surachat Sareepim">Surajati</a> are not common names in India. Although there are some Thai names that are based on Muslim or Malay forms such as <a href="/wiki/Adul_Lahsoh" title="Adul Lahsoh">Adul</a> or <a href="/wiki/Nurul_Sriyankem" title="Nurul Sriyankem">Nurul</a>, Burmese names such as <a href="/wiki/Newin_Chidchob" title="Newin Chidchob">Newin</a>, or Western names (perhaps for <a href="/wiki/Luk_khrueng" title="Luk khrueng">Luk khrueng</a>) such as <a href="/wiki/Mika_Chunuonsee" title="Mika Chunuonsee">Mika</a> or <a href="/wiki/Elias_Dolah" title="Elias Dolah">Elias</a>, these are less common. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forms_of_address">Forms of address</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Forms of address"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the past, different words were used to address men and women. <i>Nai</i> (นาย) or <i>Ay</i> (อ้าย) were used before a man's given name. <i>Am daeng</i> (อําแดง) or <i>Ii</i> (อี) were used before a woman's given name. A man named Somchai was addressed as <i>Nai Somchai</i> or <i>Ay Somchai</i>. A woman whose name was Somsri was addressed as <i>Am daeng Somsri</i> or <i>Ii Somsri</i>. There was no law concerning this matter, it was purely a matter of custom.<sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1917, Rama VI declared a new law, the "Form of Address for Woman Act, 1917". The act mandated a new form of address, <i>Nangsao</i> (นางสาว) ('Miss') for women who were unmarried (the wording used in the act was "woman who has no husband") and <i>Nang</i> (นาง) ('Missus' [Mrs.]) for women who were married ('married woman or woman who has husband'). Once a woman married, she had to use the address <i>Nang</i> before her given name for the rest of her life even if she divorced or widowed. This form of address applied to commoners, not to women in royal or noble families.<sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1921, the king proclaimed the form of address for girls. He specified that that "girl" meant a female under 15 years old; they were addressed as <i>nangsao</i>, as were females older than 15 years of age and unmarried (meaning 'married to a man').<sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Form of Address for Women Act 2008</i> mandates that married or divorced women can choose to use either <i>Nang</i> or <i>Nangsao</i> before their given names. It gives a married woman the right to change all her documents (ID card, driver's license, bank account) to include the title <i>Nangsao</i> before her given name.<sup id="cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, in <a href="/wiki/Manners" class="mw-redirect" title="Manners">polite speech</a>, Thais address each other by a given name,<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp212_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp212-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> preceded by the <a href="/wiki/Khun_(courtesy_title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Khun (courtesy title)">courtesy title <i>khun</i></a>, particularly with persons of higher status or public distinction.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Thai family names are only stated in conjunction with the given name, and people are not addressed solely by their family names.<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp212_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp212-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thai media, print and spoken, after the first mention, address people by given names only unless two people with the same given name are in the same piece of media; in those cases, full names are used. English-language newspapers in Thailand follow the same rule.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Directories index peoples' names by their given names.<sup id="cite_ref-Segallerp212_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segallerp212-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royal_and_noble_names">Royal and noble names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Royal and noble names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Thai_royal_ranks_and_titles" title="Thai royal ranks and titles">Thai royal ranks and titles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thai_nobility" title="Thai nobility">Thai nobility</a></div> <p>East Asian monarchs often adopted <a href="/wiki/Regnal_name#Asia" title="Regnal name">regnal names</a> upon ascending the throne, as was done in <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> until the present day. In addition, subjects of a monarch may be awarded both a title and a name, such as in the case of Sing (or <a href="/wiki/Singh" title="Singh">Singh</a>) Sinhaseni (<span title="Thai-language text"><span lang="th">สิงห์ สิงหเสนี</span></span>) who was awarded the title of <a href="/wiki/Chao_Phraya_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chao Phraya (title)">Chao Phraya</a> and the name of <a href="/wiki/Bodindecha" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodindecha">Bodindecha</a> (<a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">เจ้าพระยาบดินทรเดชา</span>.) </p><p>Kings <a href="/wiki/Rama_I" title="Rama I">Rama I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rama_II_of_Siam" class="mw-redirect" title="Rama II of Siam">Rama II</a> were awarded noble titles and names before they assumed regnal names, which were then changed by subsequent kings. As neither noble titles nor names are necessarily unique, it is customary to list the highest title and awarded named first, followed by former names and titles (and personal and family names in parentheses) as needed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indexing">Indexing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Indexing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Manual_of_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Manual of Style">Chicago Manual of Style</a></i>, Thai names may be <a href="/wiki/Subject_indexing" title="Subject indexing">indexed</a> depending upon the individual practice. Often they may be alphabetized under the given name with no comma or inversion, but they may also be alphabetized under the surname with a comma and with an inversion.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSegaller2005" class="citation book cs1">Segaller, Denis (2005). "Names, Words, and Language". <i>Thai Ways</i>. <a href="/wiki/Chiang_Mai" title="Chiang Mai">Chiang Mai</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Silkworm_Books&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Silkworm Books (page does not exist)">Silkworm Books</a>. pp. 205-. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-974-9575-73-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-974-9575-73-4"><bdi>978-974-9575-73-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Names%2C+Words%2C+and+Language&rft.btitle=Thai+Ways&rft.place=Chiang+Mai&rft.pages=205-&rft.pub=Silkworm+Books&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-974-9575-73-4&rft.aulast=Segaller&rft.aufirst=Denis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThai+name" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thai_name&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Shigetomi-2014-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shigetomi-2014_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFShigetomi2014" class="citation web cs1">Shigetomi, Supaporn (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kandagaigo.ac.jp/kuis/labo/gci_top/common/pdf/gcs_001/gcs_001-004.pdf">"Marriage and Marriage Registration in Thailand"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Kanda Gaigo Group</i>. 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Thailand">Railways</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Thailand" title="Category:Society of Thailand">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Thailand" title="Abortion in Thailand">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Thailand" title="Crime in Thailand">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Thailand" title="Corruption in Thailand">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A8se_majest%C3%A9_in_Thailand" class="mw-redirect" title="Lèse majesté in Thailand">Lèse majesté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand" title="Prostitution in Thailand">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_Thailand" title="Sex trafficking in Thailand">Sex trafficking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Thailand" title="Demographics of Thailand">Demographics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thai_people" title="Thai people">People</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Thailand" title="Education in Thailand">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Thailand" title="List of universities and colleges in Thailand">Universities and colleges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Thailand" title="Ethnic groups in Thailand">Ethnic groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feminism_in_Thailand" title="Feminism in Thailand">Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Thailand" title="Gambling in Thailand">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Thailand" title="Health in Thailand">Health</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Thailand" title="HIV/AIDS in Thailand">HIV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Thailand" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand">COVID-19</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_Thailand" title="Racism in Thailand">Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Thailand" title="Religion in Thailand">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Thailand" title="Squatting in Thailand">Squatting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_management_in_Thailand" title="Waste management in Thailand">Waste management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Thailand" class="mw-redirect" title="Water supply and sanitation in Thailand">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Thailand" title="Women in Thailand">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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instruments">Traditional musical instruments</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_Thailand" title="Dance in Thailand">Performing arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Thailand" title="Public holidays in Thailand">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Thailand" title="Sport in Thailand">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Thailand" title="National symbols of Thailand">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asian_elephant" title="Asian elephant">Animal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siamese_fighting_fish" title="Siamese fighting fish">Aquatic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siamese_fireback" title="Siamese fireback">Bird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga#Thailand" title="Nāga">Mythological creature</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_National_Anthem" title="Thai National Anthem">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sala_Thai" class="mw-redirect" title="Sala Thai">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siam_Devadhiraj" title="Siam Devadhiraj">Deity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Thailand" title="Emblem of Thailand">Emblem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Thailand" title="Flag of Thailand">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassia_fistula" title="Cassia fistula">Flower</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Thailand" title="Time in Thailand">Time</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thai_lunar_calendar" title="Thai lunar calendar">Lunar calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar" title="Thai solar calendar">Solar calendar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thai_traditional_games" title="Thai traditional games">Traditional games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_Thailand" title="Video games in Thailand">Video games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Thailand" title="Outline of 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name</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By trait</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diminutive" title="Diminutive">Diminutive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double-barrelled_name" title="Double-barrelled name">Double-barrelled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epithet" title="Epithet">Epithet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Animal_epithet" title="Animal epithet">Animal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_people_by_epithet" title="Lists of people by epithet">Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plant_epithet" title="Plant epithet">Plant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eponym" title="Eponym">Eponymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matronymic" title="Matronymic">Matronymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metonymy" title="Metonymy">Metonymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mononymous_person" class="mw-redirect" title="Mononymous person">Mononymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupational_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupational name">Occupational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">Patronymic</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Patronymic_surname" title="Patronymic surname">Surname</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sobriquet" title="Sobriquet">Sobriquet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teknonymy" title="Teknonymy">Teknonymic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toponymy" title="Toponymy">Toponymic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toponymic_surname" title="Toponymic surname">Surname</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrial_name" title="Patrial name">Patrial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unisex_name" title="Unisex name">Unisex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtue_name" title="Virtue name">Virtue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By life situation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aptronym" title="Aptronym">Aptronym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birth_name" title="Birth name">Birth name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Code_name" title="Code name">Code name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_and_married_names" title="Maiden and married names">Maiden and married names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Necronym" title="Necronym">Necronym</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posthumous_name" title="Posthumous name">Posthumous name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_name" title="Temple name">Temple name</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placeholder_name" title="Placeholder name">Placeholder name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Notname" title="Notname">Notname</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regnal_name" title="Regnal name">Regnal name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slave_name" title="Slave name">Slave name</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">Pseudonyms</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_pseudonyms" title="List of pseudonyms">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art name</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bug%C5%8D" title="Bugō">Bugō</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickname" title="Nickname">Nicknames</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_nicknames" title="Lists of nicknames">list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypocorism" title="Hypocorism">Hypocorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_by_nickname" title="List of monarchs by nickname">Monarchs</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nom_de_guerre" class="mw-redirect" title="Nom de guerre">Nom de guerre</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pen_name" title="Pen name">Pen name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heteronym_(literature)" title="Heteronym (literature)">Heteronym</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ring_name" title="Ring name">Ring name</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shikona" title="Shikona">Shikona</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stage_name" title="Stage name">Stage name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_stage_names" title="List of stage names">List</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_one-word_stage_names" title="List of one-word stage names">Mononyms</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Username" class="mw-redirect" title="Username">Username</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By culture<br /><a href="/wiki/Surnames_by_country" title="Surnames by country">Surnames by country</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_cultural_sphere" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian cultural sphere">East Asian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amami_name" title="Amami name">Amami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_name" title="Chinese name">Chinese</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Courtesy_name" title="Courtesy name">Courtesy</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Art_name" title="Art name">Art</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Generation_name" title="Generation name">Generation</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Chinese_titles" title="Chinese titles">Titles</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_name" title="Japanese name">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_name" title="Korean name">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchu_name" title="Manchu name">Manchu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawan_name" title="Okinawan name">Okinawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_customs_of_Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples" title="Naming 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href="/wiki/Afghan_name" title="Afghan name">Afghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_name" title="Arabic name">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_name" title="Azerbaijani name">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_name" title="Bengali name">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berber_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berber name (page does not exist)">Berber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic name">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_name" title="Mandaean name">Mandaean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_name" title="Pakistani name">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashtun_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashtun name">Pashtun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_name" title="Persian name">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_names" title="Sindhi names">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somali_name" title="Somali name">Somali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatar_name" title="Tatar name">Tatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_name" title="Turkish name">Turkish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_kinship" title="Australian Aboriginal kinship">Australian Aboriginal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_name" title="Fijian name">Fijian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_name" title="Hawaiian name">Hawaiian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_naming_customs" title="Māori naming customs">Māori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akan_names" title="Akan names">Ashanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_naming_customs" title="Democratic Republic of the Congo naming customs">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_conventions_in_Eritrea_and_Ethiopia" title="Naming conventions in Eritrea and Ethiopia">Eritrean and Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewe_language#Naming_system" title="Ewe language">Ewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_name" title="Ghanaian name">Ghanaian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igbo_name" title="Igbo name">Igbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoruba_name" title="Yoruba name">Yoruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwean_names" title="Zimbabwean names">Zimbabwean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Australasia" 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title="Ukrainian name">Ukrainian</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kashubian_name&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kashubian name (page does not exist)">Kashubian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonian_onomastics" title="Macedonian onomastics">Macedonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish name">Polish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_name" title="Serbian name">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_name" title="Slovak name">Slovak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_name_suffixes" title="Slavic name suffixes">Suffixes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indosphere" title="Indosphere">Indosphere</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a><br />and <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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name">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_names" title="Sindhi names">Sindhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_name" title="Sinhalese name">Sinhalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_conventions_of_ancient_Tamil_country" class="mw-redirect" title="Naming conventions of ancient Tamil country">Ancient Tamil country</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thai</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religious_name" title="Religious name">By religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_name" title="Christian name">Christian name</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_biblical_names" title="List of biblical names">Biblical name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_name" title="Papal name">Papal name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint%27s_name" title="Saint's 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