Kyaw
Origin
Burmese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
famous, renowned (ကျော်); pronounced closer to 'chaw'. A Monday name in the day-of-week tradition, which gives Monday children names beginning with k or kh sounds
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kyaw has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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