Given name & surname
Thais
“one who is bound; the bond”
Thais is a variant of Taisa. One Greek interpretation is “one who is bound; the bond.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thais is a variant of Taisa. One Greek interpretation is “one who is bound; the bond.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Thais is a variant of Taisa. An origin associated with Taisa is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thais through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,225
- 0 boys · 2,225 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 84 babies
- 2025
- 26
- #5,087 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +47%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 26 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,087 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 47.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 84 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,283 as a first name in 2020; 146 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.
Thais’s family of names
In English usage, Thais has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tais. Thais has a related form in Taisa. In English usage, Thais has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form TAIDE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Thais has relatives in 10 languages.
14 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thais
- Thais RussomanoBrazilian medical researcherborn 1963
- Thais VillasSpanish journalist and television presenterborn 1974
- MétrikaSpanish rapperborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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