It just doesn't sound too thaish. It sounds like some type of bastardized english type of name like you know voldemort in harry potter.

Hmm, no letter v in Thai so maybe it's a falang last name or spelt differently than you think?

I googled how it may sound and found this spelling straight away, and happened to be linked to Thailand.

http://www.wongamatresort.com/

It sounds similar to VONGVANICH

The CEO of PTT is Tevin Vongvanich:

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8607755&ticker=PTT:TB

It's a very upper class name, by the way.

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by TheUsualGarbage

As far as I can tell:

• wong = dynasty or lineage http://thai-language.com/id/143355
• amaat = government official http://thai-language.com/id/147266

Hotel in Pattaya: http://www.agoda.com/th-th/wongamat-privacy-residence/hotel/pattaya-th.html

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by fishbrando

As far as I can tell:

• wong = dynasty or lineage http://thai-language.com/id/143355
• amaat = government official http://thai-language.com/id/147266

Hotel in Pattaya: http://www.agoda.com/th-th/wongamat-privacy-residence/hotel/pattaya-th.html

Interesting, but you need to see the name in its written form before you can determine its meaning.

It sounds similar to VONGVANICH

The CEO of PTT is Tevin Vongvanich:

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8607755&ticker=PTT:TB

It's a very upper class name, by the way.

is this vongvanich a thai name? It sounds so well european sounding. Something like an east european type of name you sure this person is thai and not say having his dad a foreigner.

The person that i know with that last name which might not be the actual last name but then again why would she make up such a last name isn't hi so by any measure.

It's clearly being said with a German accent, as in Thai it means, 'wonga-mart' - another name for a loan shark, not a surname though.

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by somchaismith

It sounds similar to VONGVANICH

The CEO of PTT is Tevin Vongvanich:

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=8607755&ticker=PTT:TB

It's a very upper class name, by the way.

is this vongvanich a thai name? It sounds so well european sounding. Something like an east european type of name you sure this person is thai and not say having his dad a foreigner.

The person that i know with that last name which might not be the actual last name but then again why would she make up such a last name isn't hi so by any measure.

It would be pronounced Wong-wanit

Anich is a common suffix for thai chinese names in business. Wong being Wong from Chinese.

Wongwan... Well there was a PM called that for about 10 minutes.

Its a thai chinese name.

As far as I can tell:

• wong = dynasty or lineage http://thai-language.com/id/143355
• amaat = government official http://thai-language.com/id/147266

Hotel in Pattaya: http://www.agoda.com/th-th/wongamat-privacy-residence/hotel/pattaya-th.html

Interesting, but you need to see the name in its written form before you can determine its meaning.

Yes, and for that reason the OP should have posted this in the Thai Language Forum, so he could have written the name in question in Thai.

As far as I can tell:

• wong = dynasty or lineage http://thai-language.com/id/143355
• amaat = government official http://thai-language.com/id/147266

Hotel in Pattaya: http://www.agoda.com/th-th/wongamat-privacy-residence/hotel/pattaya-th.html

Interesting, but you need to see the name in its written form before you can determine its meaning.

Yes, and for that reason the OP should have posted this in the Thai Language Forum, so he could have written the name in question in Thai.

I don't have the name in thai writing. I know someone who calls herself that.

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by ultimate weapon

Note that every Thai last name is unique, given to a particular household after 1912 by a royal office set up for that purpose.

Therefore it's a bit different from the west where many different families that aren't related share the last name.

Here if two people have the same last name by law they are "relatively" close relatives (555)

So there's probably a big book you can go look it up if you're that motivated.

Also note it sounds like the name of the "private" beach area around the headland just north of Pattaya, haven't been there for over a decade, used to be a nice getaway from the main area, nicer than Jomtien too.

Edited February 16, 201412 yr by wym

Posts containing Thai language have been removed, this is the English language side of the forum, if you want to use Thai language, go on over to the Thai language forum where Thai language is allowed.

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