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11-05-2005, 21:08
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Thai Name Question
I understand that the reason why many Thai's real names are so long compare to other cultures. It is because many Thais are Chinese descent during the '40s and they had to change their original Chinese name to Thai so that they are more accepted by Thais in general.
But how can you tell if a name is male or female? And where do their nick name, both males and females, come from? Any insight? 
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12-05-2005, 13:36
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Hi Ancientmariner!
I think it's more or less impossible to say if it's a female or male by only looking on their nicknames! Many nicknames can be used by either gender, but names like Noi or Lek, that means small are usually reserved for girls. many Nicknames are describing words, like Daeng(Red), Suay(Beautiful) or words for animals, like Gai (Chicken), Kop(Frog) or Moo(Pig) other names that derives from nature, like Fon(Rain), Jan(Moon) and so on. Some will name their babies after the first thing they see when it's born, in some cases it's just a short form of their real long names.  ThaiJanne
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12-05-2005, 13:39
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12-05-2005, 13:56
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Robbed from mangosauce.
If a Thai girl is shy about telling you what her nickname means, she might have a good reason. Thai children are officially named by a Buddhist monk when they are at least 30 days old. In the meantime, their parents give them a nickname – and it usually sticks.
The Thais are a superstitious race. To protect their children from the envious attention of demons, Thai parents tend to choose nicknames that are unremarkable or downright unflattering. A pencil-thin Thai girl could live her whole life being called fatty (Uan). Here are the meanings of the most common nicknames for Thai girls. Is your favourite Thai girl amongst them? An or Ann - Stout Bpiak or Piak - Tiny Bpet or Pet - Duck Bum - Dimpled Dairng or Deng - Red Dam or Dum - Black Dteuan, Teuan or Tuan - Warn Dting or Ting - Protrusion Dtohng, Tohng or Tong - Tall Dtoi or Toy - Tiny Dton or Ton - Trunk Dtuk-dtah or Tukataa - Doll Fah or Faa - Sky Fon - Rain Gai - Chicken Gair-o - Crystal Gop - Frog Gung - Prawn Jo - Eat/play (slang) Lek - Small Mai - New Mair-o - Cat Mairm, Mem or Mam - Madam Miaw, Miao or Miow - Sound of a cat Moo - Pig Mot - Ant Neung - One Nit - Tiny Noi - Little Nok - Bird Nu, Nuu or Noo - Mouse Nut - Junior Oh or Ao - Soothe Oi or Oy - Sugar cane Som - Orange Uan - Fat Yai - Big Ying - Female
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12-05-2005, 16:13
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havent looked mangosauce for a while as no new info was being added just looked and seems like its active again
worth a look IMHO http://www.mangosauce.com/
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16-05-2005, 05:16
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I did meet a few nice Rat's in Thailand, but actually never saw one.
I do feel a bit sorry for all the Moo's, Bpet's and Uan's, but maybe I shouldn't cause it's a Thai culture thing.
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16-05-2005, 07:06
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I don't think they think about it much at all. Like if you have a friend whose name is D*ck, the how often do you don't really think about that his name is the same as a word meaning penis.
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