Thais

Where Thais comes from

From Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs), became known as the name of the mistress of Alexander the Great.
— Wiktionary's entry for Thais
  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1909
    First appearance
    #2,208 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Peak, #1,421
    11 babies named Thais — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,564.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.