Htet
Origin
Burmese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
sharp, surpassing, at the peak (ထက်); a defining element of the 2010s generation, in names like Htet Aung and Kaung Htet
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Htet has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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