Thuto
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Thuto is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. In Botswana it is the 73rd most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 20K◐
- BWBotswana1 in 5.1K
- AUAustralia1 in 12M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 2.1K ●
- Sources
- 24 ●
in 5 countries
2.0K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | 1,662 | 1.8K rec. | — | — | Thuto | 24 |
| US United States | — | 40 | 36 rec. | — | — | Thuto | 18 |
| BW Botswana | #73 | 16 | 88 rec. | — | — | Thuto | 9 |
| AU Australia | — | 10 | 10 rec. | — | — | Thuto | 8 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 7 | 7 rec. | — | — | Thuto | 6 |
| LS Lesotho | — | — | 9 rec. | — | 1 | — | 3 |
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Languages●
- English62229%
- Swahili60229%
- Southern Sotho33916%
- English (South Africa)1015%
- Spanish924%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 622 | 29% |
| Swahili | 602 | 29% |
| Southern Sotho | 339 | 16% |
| English (South Africa) | 101 | 5% |
| Spanish | 92 | 4% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS Lesotho | Lesotho IEC 2022 National Assembly candidate lists | 2022 | 1 | #20 |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Thuto?
- Our records include 2,085 bearers of Thuto across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Thuto have the most bearers?
- Thuto is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled thuto.
- How common is Thuto compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Thuto is the 73rd most common given name of 293 given names recorded there.
- Is Thuto a male or female name?
- Thuto 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.
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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, “Thuto” — the 73rd most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.