Bouakham

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

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bouakham has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Bouakham

Viengkham Maryam Mala Kesone Vilay Kham

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