Bouakham
Origin
Lao
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
golden lotus (boua = lotus + kham = gold); a grandmother-generation classic among Lao Americans, the kind of name carried from Vientiane or Savannakhet through the Thai border camps to California and Minnesota
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bouakham peaked in the 1970s.
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