ultimate weapon Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 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/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUsualGarbage Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by TheUsualGarbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbrando Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by fishbrando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUsualGarbage Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimate weapon Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchaismith Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by somchaismith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajaan Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimate weapon Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by ultimate weapon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wym Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by wym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 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. Closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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