Given name & surname

Thian

Thian is a surname from Hakka. It is used in Indonesian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Thian comes from Hakka.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Thian through the years

Babies since 1880
55
55 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
8 babies
2025
8
#9,613 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
02462025Highest share 20254.7
Thian in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2015–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,613 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 289 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Thian’s family of names

Thian may belong to the same name family as THIANN. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Thian’s family in the name graph

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The ring: spellings.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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

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