Thandi
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Thandi is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. It appears chiefly in English and Hindi, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Lovable.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 1.6K◐
- GYGuyana1 in 25K
- MWMalawi1 in 59K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈231 ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 102 ●
- 1 in 25K ◐
across 5 countries
recorded for this name
25K records
Official registry-verified
Guyana
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled ธารดี in TH Thailand.
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●
Lovable
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | #103 | 21,650 | 22K rec. | — | — | Thandi | 61 |
| US United States | — | 176 | 1.6K rec. | 1 in 1.9M | 333 | Thandi | 102 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 133 | 642 rec. | — | listed | Thandi | 58 |
| TH Thailand | — | 75 | 50 rec. | — | — | ธารดี | 18 |
| AU Australia | — | 73 | 294 rec. | — | 1 | Thandi | 29 |
| IN India | — | 64 | 70 rec. | — | 75 | Thandi | 13 |
| KE Kenya | — | 48 | 101 rec. | — | — | Thandi | 11 |
| CA Canada | — | 37 | 378 rec. | — | — | Thandi | 42 |
| GY Guyana | — | 30 | 28 rec. | 1 in 25K | 30 | Thandi | 5 |
| DE Germany | — | 19 | 40 rec. | — | — | Thandi | 14 |
| FR France | — | 15 | 25 rec. | — | — | Thandi | 9 |
| SE Sweden | — | 13△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 785K | 13 | — | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English15K45%
- Hindi5.6K17%
- Swahili4.8K14%
- English (South Africa)2.4K7%
- 8723%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 15,165 | 45% |
| Hindi | 5,617 | 17% |
| Swahili | 4,776 | 14% |
| English (South Africa) | 2,438 | 7% |
| 872 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1918 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1921 | 1 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 4 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1926 | 2 |
| 1927 | 1 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 3 |
| 1930 | 5 |
| 1931 | 3 |
| 1932 | 4 |
| 1933 | 4 |
| 1934 | 11 |
| 1935 | 6 |
| 1936 | 9 |
| 1937 | 6 |
| 1938 | 5 |
| 1939 | 16 |
| 1940 | 19 |
| 1941 | 10 |
| 1942 | 8 |
| 1943 | 6 |
| 1944 | 13 |
| 1945 | 12 |
| 1946 | 13 |
| 1947 | 3 |
| 1948 | 11 |
| 1949 | 11 |
| 1950 | 16 |
| 1951 | 15 |
| 1952 | 18 |
| 1953 | 14 |
| 1954 | 13 |
| 1955 | 24 |
| 1956 | 14 |
| 1957 | 14 |
| 1958 | 9 |
| 1959 | 10 |
| 1960 | 19 |
| 1961 | 13 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 16 |
| 1964 | 19 |
| 1965 | 14 |
| 1966 | 11 |
| 1967 | 8 |
| 1968 | 8 |
| 1969 | 18 |
| 1970 | 22 |
| 1971 | 17 |
| 1972 | 12 |
| 1973 | 18 |
| 1974 | 17 |
| 1975 | 20 |
| 1976 | 15 |
| 1977 | 10 |
| 1978 | 12 |
| 1979 | 15 |
| 1980 | 16 |
| 1981 | 19 |
| 1982 | 15 |
| 1983 | 15 |
| 1984 | 15 |
| 1985 | 14 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1987 | 12 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 1991 | 10 |
| 1992 | 5 |
| 1993 | 11 |
| 1994 | 9 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 88 years between 1918–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Thandi Klaasenb. 1931ZASouth African musician (1931–2017)
- Thandi Orleynb. 1956ZASouth African lawyer and businessperson
- Thandi Modiseb. 1959ZASouth African politician
- Thandi Tshabalalab. 1984ZASouth African cricketer
- Thandi Sibisib. 1986ZASouth African art gallery owner and businesswoman
- Thandi Phoenixb. 1993AUAustralian musician
- Thandi Brewerb. 2000ZASouth African actor
- Thandi ShongweSouth African politician
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●
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 333 | #64,521 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 267 | #72,771 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 176 | #39,641 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 158 | #104,819 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 75 | #34,258 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 37 | #9,880 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 30 | #564 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1955 | 24 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1970 | 22 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1975 | 20 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1981 | 19 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1964 | 19 | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 185 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Thandi?
- We estimate roughly 231 people bear Thandi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Thandi have the most bearers?
- Thandi is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled thandi.
- How common is Thandi compared with other names?
- In South Africa, Thandi is the 103rd most common given name of 215,346 given names recorded there.
- Is Thandi a male or female name?
- Thandi 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 Thandi mean?
- Recorded meaning: Lovable
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Thandi” — the 103rd most common given name in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.