Given name

Thaïs

Thaïs is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Thaïs comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Latin Thais, from Ancient Greek Θαΐς.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Thaïs’s family of names

In French usage, Thaïs has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thais. In French usage, Thaïs has a conventional equivalent in the Croatian form TAIDA. In French usage, Thaïs has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Таис.

Walk Thaïs’s family in the name graph

ThaïsThaísThaisTaisiyaTaideTaisiiaTaidaTajdaТаисияТаїсіяТаис

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Thaïs has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

3 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

Andrijaš

“manly, courageous”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Thaïs’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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