Bounmy
Origin
Lao
Syllables
2
Peak era
1970s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
blessed with merit (boun = merit, from Pali punna, + mi = to have); boun is the single most common element in Lao given names, tied to Buddhist merit-making, and Bounmy was an everyman classic of the refugee generation that arrived after 1975
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1970s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Bounmy peaked in the 1970s.
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