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Thant

boy name
Origin
Burmese
Syllables
1
Peak era
2010s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

pure, clean (သန့်); the name of U Thant, UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971. The U was never part of his name: U, Daw, Ko and Ma are honorifics (roughly Mr., Ms., elder brother, young woman), so in the US the bare given name stands alone

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Thant peaked in the 2010s.

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