Toi

Where Toi comes from

From Māori Toi, Samoan Toi, and other Polynesian languages.
— Wiktionary's entry for Toi
  • Polynesian
  • Samoan
  • Louisiana
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #4,054 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Peak, #1,546
    59 babies named Toi — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,065.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Polynesian languages.
  • A male given name from Māori.
  • A male given name from Samoan.
  • A female given name from Louisiana Creole.
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.