Thin
given name · Vietnamese · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Thin is a given name, most frequently recorded in Vietnam. It appears chiefly in Vietnamese and Burmese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: from OE þynne ‘thin, lean, slender’; first attested Thomas Thin 1218 AssL.
- VNVietnam1 in 6.2K◐
- MYMalaysia1 in 31K
- SGSingapore1 in 97K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈385 ●
- Sources
- 82 ●
- 1 in 464K ◐
across 5 countries
8.4K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin●
from OE þynne ‘thin, lean, slender’; first attested Thomas Thin 1218 AssL
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | #284 | 13,682 | 4.9K rec. | — | listed | Thin | 82 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 2,110 | 2.1K rec. | — | — | Thin | 36 |
| US United States | — | 349 | 731 rec. | 1 in 953K | 349 | Thin | 38 |
| ID Indonesia | — | 255 | 261 rec. | — | listed | Thin | 42 |
| SG Singapore | — | 111 | 148 rec. | — | — | Thin | 20 |
| CA Canada | — | 35 | 36 rec. | — | — | Thin | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 31 | 48 rec. | — | listed | Thin | 5 |
| SE Sweden | — | 22△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 464K | 22 | — | 1 |
| PH Philippines | — | 11 | 11 rec. | — | — | Thin | 4 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 5 | 13 rec. | 1 in 3.5M | 5 | Thin | 4 |
| DK Denmark | — | 5 | — | 1 in 1.2M | 5 | — | — |
| PL Poland | — | 4 | — | 1 in 9.6M | 4 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Vietnamese14K47%
- Burmese4.9K16%
- English4.2K14%
- Malay2.1K7%
- Thai9473%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 14,198 | 47% |
| Burmese | 4,912 | 16% |
| English | 4,214 | 14% |
| Malay | 2,085 | 7% |
| Thai | 947 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Thin 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 English, tévé or teve; very thin, teve-teve ; thin and short, magonye
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In English, Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, thin (OE pynne). Vars.: Thynn(e).
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In Lao, 1. v. drink a solution. of opium pesidoe 2. v. swallow. 3. v. have a snack,
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In enm, alternative form of þin (“thy”)
as a wordkaikki.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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 14 |
| 1901 | 19 |
| 1911 | 17 |
| 1921 | 24 |
| 1931 | 10 |
| 1941 | 38 |
| 1951 | 37 |
| 1961 | 26 |
| 1971 | 36 |
| 1981 | 46 |
| 1991 | 31 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Ma Thin Wab. 1940MMbadminton player
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 24 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 349 | #18,182 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 328 | #65,358 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 246 | #18,182 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 193 | #94,730 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 46 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 38 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 36 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 31 | — |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 28 | #62,329 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 26 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 24 | — |
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 · 41 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Thin?
- We estimate roughly 385 people bear Thin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Thin have the most bearers?
- Thin is most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is most often spelled thin.
- How common is Thin compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Thin is the 284th most common given name of 72,115 given names recorded there.
- Is Thin a male or female name?
- Thin is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Thin mean?
- Recorded meaning: from OE þynne ‘thin, lean, slender’; first attested Thomas Thin 1218 AssL
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Thin” — the 284th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.