Thy

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How to Pronounce Thy

Pronounced TEE /tiː/Medium

Meaning: Thy is a Vietnamese given name element, most plausibly used as a short, Americanized form of a fuller Vietnamese name such as Thuy ('gentle, mild, pure') with its diacritics dropped in United States records.Low

In 30 seconds: Thy is a Vietnamese name, likely a short, diacritic-free form of a fuller name such as Thuy. It rose in the United States with Vietnamese-American immigration, peaking around 1991 (said TEE).

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Origin MediumVietnamese

MeaningThy is a Vietnamese given name element, most plausibly used as a short, Americanized form of a fuller Vietnamese name such as Thuy ('gentle, mild, pure') with its diacritics dropped in United States records.

U.S. rank (2018)#17913 ↘ Falling

2018 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1991

Total births (all-time)≈ 366

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Thy reflects the wave of Vietnamese-American naming that grew after 1975, when many refugee and immigrant families gave their children Vietnamese given names later simplified in U.S. records. Diacritics are routinely dropped in this process, so Thy likely represents a shortened or respelled form of a longer Vietnamese name.

Thy has stayed a modest presence in the United States since the 1970s, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1991, concentrated in Vietnamese-American communities. Without the original diacritics we hold the exact meaning with appropriate caution.

Did you know? Thy is one of many Vietnamese names that lost their tone marks and extra vowels when recorded on American birth certificates, so the written form here may stand in for several different Vietnamese originals.

Overall data confidence 42%

References - Thy — Vietnamese given name, diacritics likely dropped in U.S. records

Variations

ThuyThi

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Thy mean?

It is a Vietnamese name, likely a shortened form of a fuller name such as Thuy, meaning 'gentle, mild'; the exact original is uncertain without diacritics.

How do you pronounce Thy?

It is said TEE /tiː/, one syllable.

Is Thy a boy or girl name?

Thy is used here as a girl's name.

How popular is Thy?

It has stayed a rare, niche name in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties, mostly in Vietnamese-American families.