Phetsamone
Origin
Lao
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
precious as a diamond (built on phet, diamond); a formal name of the refugee-era generation, the cohort that rebuilt Lao life in Sacramento, Fresno, and the Twin Cities
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Phetsamone has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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