Thais

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Таис in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, Tais in MX Mexico, Taís in NO Norway and Таїс in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Thais is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name2.8K records spelled Thais4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Thaís, Thaïs, Thäis

• Danish given name1.3K records spelled Thais13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Spain, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Thaís, Thaïs, Thai͏̈s

• Khmer given name1.2K records spelled Thais2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Ireland

  Also written Thaís

• Polish given name432 records spelled Thais4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain

  Also written Taida, Thaís, Thaïs

• Japanese given name386 records spelled Thais3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Spain, Peru

  Also written Thaïs

• Vietnamese given name336 records spelled Thais5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Vietnam, United States, Belgium

  Also written Thái'S, Thaïs, Thai'S, Tháis

• Italian given name306 records spelled Thais6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, Paraguay

  Also written Taide, Thaís, Thaïs, Thäis, Thái'S

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Thais is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Greek, meaning “headband” or “bandage”.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, /. Athenian courtesan

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, opera. Massenet

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Afrikaans, Thai (of, from, or pertaining to Thailand, the Thai people or the Thai language)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, The name of a famous hetaera

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 117 years between 1909–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Thaís de Camposb. 1963BRactress
• Thais Russomanob. 1963BRBrazilian medical researcher
• Thaís Oyamab. 1970BRBrazilian journalist
• Thaís Pacholekb. 1983BRactress
• Thaís Fersozab. 1984BRBrazilian TV host
• Asma Mhallab. 1984TNnot in their usual nameFrench-Tunisian academic, political scientist and essayist
• Thais Souza Wiggersb. 1985BRBrazilian showgirl
• Thaís Biancab. 1988BRBrazilian model
• Thaís Melchiorb. 1990BRBrazilian actress
• Thaisinhab. 1993BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 581 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Thais?

We estimate roughly 249 thousand people bear Thais (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Thais have the most bearers?

We estimate about 225 thousand people bear Thais in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled thais.

Where is Thais most common?

Thais is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 939 people carrying it.

How common is Thais compared with other names?

In Brazil, Thais is the 77th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Thais a male or female name?

Thais is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Thais mean?

Recorded meaning: From Greek Thaïs, ancient name of uncertain meaning