Given name & surname
Tho
“having a long life”
Tho is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “having a long life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “having a long life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tho through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 46 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 9 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 9 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,176 as a first name in 2020; 376 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.
Tho’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Tho, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Thuan
“one who is tamed”
98% boys · 2% girls
Toan
“one who is safe”
>99% boys
Tri
Tri is a surname from Vietnamese. It is used in English and Indonesian.
>99% boys
Tu
“one who is quick-minded”
73% boys · 27% girls
Trong
“one who is respected”
>99% boys