Noy
Meaning
little one; the archetypal Lao call-name. Like Thai, Lao pairs a formal multi-syllable name with a short everyday nickname, and Noy is so widely used that many Lao American women go by it in every setting, whatever the birth certificate says
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Noy has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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