Given name & surname · also Vietnamese
Thy
“a poet”·“one who is untamed”
Thy is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a poet” and “one who is untamed”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a poet” and “one who is untamed”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Vietnamese and Greek naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 366
- 0 boys · 366 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 18 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 girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,123 as a first name in 2020; 259 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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