Given name & surname
Thach
Thach is a surname from Vietnamese. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thach through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,045 as a first name in 2020; 6,855 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thach’s family of names
In English usage, Thach as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SHIH. In French usage, Thach as a surname was borrowed from the Vietnamese form Thạch.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Thach, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Tho
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“a prosperous man”
>99% boys
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“of the river”
96% boys · 4% girls
Tuan
“a gentleman”
>99% boys
Chinh
“a righteous man”
>99% boys
Toan
“one who is safe”
>99% boys