Thai Girl Nicknames

[NaiGreg]

Can anyone correctly translate this "country" girl's (khon meuang) name?

ป้อม

The dictionary says FORT, FORTRESS, CITADEL, but she insists that it has another (not too flattering) meaning.  The ป้อม I know changed her name after high school to something more tun samai as many baan-nawk kids do.

Thanks

It might be because another meaning of ป้อม "poom" is "round and plump!

A synonym for ป้อม "poom" would be กลมๆ "klom klom"

Maybe she didn't like that.

(otherwise it could be that ป้อม "poom"can also mean "dungeon" )

Cheers.

Snowleopard.

I can't think of too many girls, in any culture, that would *want* to be named "plump"

Thanks white-cat; btw, where did you find that definition?

-NaiGreg

[NedKelly]

What about ......

Aim

Air

Fai

Feem ( when i hear this one it sounds like Fish but they assure me it is not fish)

Fis ( I wonder about this one)

Muoy (be careful saying that one aorund the girls)

Jik

Jim

Frank (yes its a girl)

O ( as in OH my buddha)

Mam

Pim

Rung

[withnail]

Once taught a young girl (prathom 1 I think) called Heineken.

[gburns57au]

My ex's sister has called her daughter Sunday.......are english names becoming vogue in Thailand....she is married to a Thai guy too....????

Knew a girl called Poo once....convinced her to change it to Poolah to stop jokes from farangs

[Jockstar]

Just some names of the kids i teach or have taught.

Ploy

Mint

Wai

Cartoon

Lin

Best

Paw

May

Maysa

Stamp

Gres

Nut

Nui

Elle

Ning

Tap

Kred

Tak

Pee

Pucky

To name a few.