Thai Nicknames

[sukhont]

Actually, Thai nickname has given by the parent and relatives when the kid was born. It can mean anything in Thai word such as ปู - poo(crab) นก-nok(bird) ไก่-Kai(chicken). I have some friends called "Tieng"- เตียง(mean a bed). someone is back but the parent call ขาว Kaw(white). Some use English words such as Apple, Bird, Nut, CoCo, Cheery, Mint.

However, many people change nickname when they grown up and in School. My friend named หมา (i don't know how to pronounce in English but it mean "a dog"). Many friends was laughing at his name everytime he said so he change it to be "Chai"(from his name - Chatchai). Then friends call "Chai" while his parent and relatives still call หมา

One of my friend name is Nitthaya. She said her nickname is นิต -Nit. so I asked her to check the name in English dictionary. She changes to write her nickname is Nith since then because as u know that "Nit" mean Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothes

How about my nick name. i didn't see anyone post this name yet.It's "Oil". Do you think it strange?

Edited July 30, 2006 by sukhont

[Mossfinn]

I have a good friend called Porn! In this instance the most distinct oxymoron I have ever come across!!

Good Luck

Moss

พร - means 'blessing'.

Thanks for that meadish, that definately makes more sense!

I don't understand why my wife never told me that.

Good Luck

Moss

[Johpa]

I have a nephew nicknamed "Jungle" and a niece nicknamed Donut.

My own kids have been lucky enough to escape any Thai nicknames. I am content with my given name with friends, the honorary title Achaan when in town, and of course Johpa in the village as one and all are often called by the name of their first born.

[sbk]

Actually, Thai nickname has given by the parent and relatives when the kid was born. It can mean anything in Thai word such as ปู - poo(crab) นก-nok(bird) ไก่-Kai(chicken). I have some friends called "Tieng"- เตียง(mean a bed). someone is back but the parent call ขาว Kaw(white). Some use English words such as Apple, Bird, Nut, CoCo, Cheery, Mint.

However, many people change nickname when they grown up and in School. My friend named หมา (i don't know how to pronounce in English but it mean "a dog"). Many friends was laughing at his name everytime he said so he change it to be "Chai"(from his name - Chatchai). Then friends call "Chai" while his parent and relatives still call หมา

One of my friend name is Nitthaya. She said her nickname is นิต -Nit. so I asked her to check the name in English dictionary. She changes to write her nickname is Nith since then because as u know that "Nit" mean Egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse; often attached to a hair or item of clothes

How about my nick name. i didn't see anyone post this name yet.It's "Oil". Do you think it strange?

Yes, it is common to change nicknames when an adult as sometimes the childhood nicknames can be not very nice. I know a man whose childhood nickname was noo (mouse, is common for girls but when it is a boy it means rat, and is not a very nice nickname). Now, he goes by a shortened version of his real name. When his cousins want to piss him off they call him noo.

And to be fair, he is a bit of a rat

[yoshiki]

you people have defintely heard more unique thai nicknames than me! i guess the more unique nicknames i have heard is program and milky.

[Tingnongnoi]

I knew a girl whose parents, always planning on having two children, named her nong น้อง and her elder sister pii พี่. They ended up having a third child, who they named saam สาม. The funny part being that he now calls nong pii and nong calls saam nong.

I knew some Thai twins once and they were nicknamed nung and song.

A Thai mate has just nicknamed his young baby Ovaltine

[Artisan]

....and another little one down the road from me...."Plastic".

[jetzie]

hello

wad does this nickname: mameaw means??

[Gappui]

hello

wad does this nickname: mameaw means??

It's a name of a fruit, probably a kind of a rose apple (chompoo).

Chompoo is also a popular girl nickname, as well as 'Ple' (apple), and 'Som' (orange), and many other fruit names.

It's getting increasingly difficult to come up with new names that are not too common (like "Ann"). A typical Thai nickname (my generation) is one syllable, and many are just a word out of your first name. To have an outstanding name, nowadays it's a bit of a fad to name your kids 2 (or more) syllables, and most of them are English words, like Garfield, Cartoon, Ozone (!?). It gave my wife and I a lot of stress to think of my two children's real and nicknames so that they won't complain later on.

But it's also funny because commonly we Thais don't pronouce ending sound. So a pretty name like my neighbor's daughter name "Nong Grace" is called "Nong Grade" or even "Nong Gade."

For Thai nicknames, nature-themed names have become popular -- sky, river, earth, tree -- all that stuff.