Burmese
names are used in Myanmar (Burma) in southeastern Asia.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Alangka အလင်္ကာ f & m BurmeseMeans "prosody" or "ornament" in Burmese.
Arkar အာကာ m BurmeseMeans "sky, open space" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit आकाश
(akasha).
Aung အောင် m & f BurmeseMeans "successful, victorious" in Burmese. A notable bearer is Aung San Suu Kyi (1945-), a Burmese politician.
Aye အေး m & f BurmeseMeans "calm, quiet" in Burmese.
Bawk ဘောက် f BurmeseMeans "trenchant, truculent" in Burmese.
Bayinnaung ဘုရင့်နောင် m Burmese, HistoryMeans "King's Elder Brother" in Burmese. This was the name of King the Toungoo Dynasty of Myanmar from 1550 to 1581 (Note 1).
Bhun ဘုန်း m & f BurmeseMeans "power, glory" in Burmese.
Bo ဗိုလ် m & f BurmeseMeans "leader, champion" in Burmese.
Cer ကျဲ f Chin, BurmeseA variant of Ceu, which means “brightness” and “light” in Chin.
Chein ချိန် m & f BurmeseMeans "weigh, weigh in mind, consider", "balance", or "aim, aim for" in Burmese.
Cho ချော f & m BurmeseMeans "smooth, fine, handsome" in Burmese.
Chou ချို m & f BurmeseMeans "sweet, pleasant" in Burmese.
Duh f Chin, BurmeseThe name Duh means "to fall in love," "love," "like," "admire," "desirable," "want," and "wish".
Eaint အိမ့် f BurmeseFrom Burmese အိမ့်
(ein) meaning "rock or roll gently".
Ei အိ f BurmeseMeans "soft, tender" in Burmese.
Gadau ကတောက် f BurmeseBurmese feminine name refering to Aborosa wallichi, an aquatic plant bearing blue flowers.
Gyi ကြီး m BurmeseMeans "great, big, senior" in Burmese.
Gyi ကြီး m & f BurmeseMeans "big, large, great" in Burmese.
Haane ဟန် f BurmeseBurmese form of
Honey, named for the English word
honey, which is ultimately derived from Old English
hunig.
Han ဟန် m & f BurmeseMeans "gesture, style, manner, appearance" in Burmese.
Hcan ဆန်း m & f BurmeseMeans "new, unusual, extraordinary" in Burmese.
Hcu ဆု m & f BurmeseMeans "wish, prize, reward" in Burmese.
Heman ဟေမာန် f BurmeseDerived from Pali
hemanta meaning "winter".
Hkyac ချစ် f BurmeseBurmese feminine name meaning "to love".
Hkyam ချမ်း f BurmeseBurmese feminine name meaning "to be cold".
Hlaing လှိုင် m & f BurmeseMeans "wave, overwhelm, plentiful" in Burmese.
Hmat မှတ် m & f BurmeseMeans "mark" or "keep in mind, regard, remember" in Burmese.
Hmone မှုန် f BurmeseMeans "dust, mist" or "dim, sullen, gloomy" in Burmese.
Hnang နှင်း m & f BurmeseBurmese unisex name derived from a generic term for mist, dew, snow or frost or meaning "to grant, to bestow".
Hnin နှင်း f BurmeseMeans "dew, mist" or "snow, frost" in Burmese.
Hoke ဟုတ် m & f BurmeseMeans "true" or "succeed" in Burmese.
Hoke ဟုတ် m BurmeseFrom Burmese ဟုတ်
(hok) meaning "true".
Hpye ဖြေ m & f BurmeseMeans "answer, solve, reply" in Burmese.
Hsar f & m Thai, BurmeseMeans "star" in multiple Southeast Asian countries.
Hsaung ဆောင် m & f BurmeseMeans "carry, bring, bear, bring forth" or "depict" in Burmese.
Hsu ဆု f BurmeseMeans "wish, prize, reward" in Burmese.
Htaik ထိုက် m & f BurmeseMeans "worth, have value" in Burmese.
Htar ထား f BurmeseMeans "put, set aside, consider" in Burmese.
Htay ဌေး m & f BurmeseMeans "rich, wealthy" in Burmese.
Htet ထက် m & f BurmeseMeans "keen, sharp, intelligent" in Burmese.
Htoo ထူး m & f BurmeseMeans "extraordinary, special" in Burmese.
Htut ထွဋ် m BurmesePossibly means "pinnacle, top" in Burmese.
Htwe ထွေး m & f BurmeseMeans "youngest (sibling)" in Burmese.
Ingyin အင်ကြင်း f BurmeseMeans "sal tree" (genus Shorea) in Burmese.
Inzali အဉ္ဇလီ f BurmeseMeans "salutation, gesture of respect" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit अञ्जलि
(anjali).
Kalaya ကလျာ f Thai, BurmeseAlternate transcription of Thai กัลยา (see
Kanlaya). It is also a Burmese name referring to the five womanly virtues (excellence of complexion, structure, figure, hair and youthfulness), ultimately derived from Sanskrit कल्याणी
(kalyani) along with the Thai name.
Kan ကံ m BurmeseMeans "luck, fate, fortune" in Burmese.
Kaung ကောင်း m BurmeseMeans "good, nice, fine, pleasant" in Burmese.
Ke ကေ f BurmeseBurmese feminine name meaning "hair".
Kha ခ m & f BurmeseMeans "wait, upon" or "be subservient" in Burmese.
Khin ခင် f & m BurmeseMeans "friendly, affectionate" in Burmese.
Khom m BurmeseMeans "save" in Chin language, spoken in Myanmar.
Kjaw ကျော် m BurmeseMeans "to climb over, to cross over", "to exceed" or "to be famous" in Burmese.
Krai ကြယ် m & f BurmeseBurmese unisex name meaning "star".
Krany ကြည် m & f BurmeseBurmese unisex name which can mean "approve, be joyous", "clean, clear" or "star".
Kyar ကျား m BurmeseFrom Burmese ကျား
(kya) meaning "tiger".
Kyar ကြာ m & f BurmeseFrom Burmese ကြာ
(kya) meaning "water lily, lotus".
Kyaw ကျော် m BurmeseMeans "famous, renowned" in Burmese.
Kyi ကြည် f & m BurmeseMeans "joyous"; "clean, clear"; or "star" in Burmese.
Kyin ကျင် m & f BurmeseMeans "excel, adept" in Burmese.
Kyu ကြူး f & m BurmeseMeans "fragrant" or "excessive" in Burmese.
Kywe ကြွယ် m & f BurmeseMeans "rich" or "eloquent" in Burmese.
Kywe ကြွယ် m & f BurmeseMeans "rich, wealthy" in Burmese.
Lai f & m BurmeseMeans "to depend on, future" in Chinese.
Lat လတ် m & f BurmeseMeans "middle" or "fair, fresh" in Burmese.
Lat လတ် m & f BurmeseMeans "middle, medium" or "fresh, fair" in Burmese.
Latt လတ် m & f BurmeseAlternate transcription of Burmese လတ် (see
Lat).
Lay လေး m & f BurmeseFrom a contraction of Burmese ကလေး
(hkale) meaning "small, little, young, child".
Le လဲ့ f BurmeseMeans "limpid, clear" in Burmese.
Lin လင်း m & f BurmeseMeans "bright, clear" in Burmese.
Linlun လင်းလွန်း f BurmeseBurmese feminine name refering either to Buchanania latifolia, a medium-sized tree bearing fruit with almond-like kernels, or Mimusops hexandra, a shade tree bearing clusters of fragrant flowers.
Lone လုံး m & f BurmeseFrom Burmese လုံး
(lon) meaning "round, spherical".
Lu လူ m & f BurmeseMeans "person, human" in Burmese.
Lwin လွင် m & f BurmeseMeans "clear, distinct" in Burmese.
Manyju မဉ္ဇူ f BurmeseDerived from Pali
mañju meaning "charming, lovely".
Mar မာ f & m BurmeseMeans "hard, firm" in Burmese.
Maung မောင် m BurmeseMeans "younger brother" in Burmese. It it usually an honorific title, but it may also be used as part of a given name.
Maw မော် f & m BurmeseMeans "proud, distinguished" in Burmese.
May မေ f BurmeseFrom a term of endearment meaning "mother", wife" or "maiden, girl" in Burmese.
Moe မိုး m & f BurmeseMeans "sky, rain" in Burmese.
Mon မွန် f & m BurmeseMeans "noble, good" in Burmese.
Mo Nin မိုးနင်း m & f BurmeseFrom
Moe and
နင်း (nin:) meaning "tread pn, step on".`
Mra မြ f BurmeseMeans "emerald, emerald green", from the Sanskrit
मरकत (marakata) or Pali
marakata or "keen, sharp", from the Burmese
မြက် (mrak).
Mrang မြင့် m & f BurmeseBurmese unisex name meaning "tall, high".
Mru မြူ f BurmeseMeans "fog" or "white goosefoot (plant)" in Burmese
Mya မြ m & f BurmeseMeans "emerald" or "keen, sharp" in Burmese.
Myaing မြိုင် m & f BurmeseMeans "forest" or "harmonious, complete" in Burmese.
Myat မြတ် m & f BurmeseMeans "noble, excellent" in Burmese.
Myine မြိုင် f BurmeseMeans "deep forest with a luxuriant growth of large trees" in Burmese.
Myint မြင့် f & m BurmeseMeans "tall, high, elevated" in Burmese.
Myo မျိုး m & f BurmeseMeans "family, kind, lineage" in Burmese.
Myui မျိုး m & f BurmeseBurmese unisex name meaning "kind, type".
Nan နန်း m & f BurmeseMeans "palace" or "gold thread, metal thread" in Burmese.
Naung နောင် m BurmeseMeans "elder brother" or "next, future" in Burmese.
Ngwe ငွေ m & f BurmeseMeans "silver" or "money" in Burmese.
Nilar နီလာ f BurmeseMeans "sapphire" or "blue" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit नील
(nila).
No နိုး f & m BurmeseMeans "wake up" in Burmese.
Nu နု f BurmeseMeans "soft, delicate, tender, youthful" in Burmese.
Nwe နွယ် f BurmeseMeans "creeper, vine" in Burmese.
Nwe နွဲ့ f BurmeseMeans "swaying, willowing" in Burmese.
Nyan ဉာဏ် m BurmeseMeans "intellect, wisdom" in Burmese.
Nyein ငြိမ်း m & f BurmeseMeans "quiet, calm, still" in Burmese.
Nyunt ညွန့် m & f BurmeseMeans "shoots, growth" or "apex, summit" in Burmese.
Nywan ညွန့် m & f BurmeseMeans "tendril" or "spring (growth)" in Burmese or from the Burmese verb meaning "to taper upwards" or "to be the best".
Ohmar ဥမ္မာ f BurmesePossibly derived from Pali
ummā meaning "linseed flower".
Ohn အုန်း m & f BurmeseMeans "coconut" in Burmese.
Oo ဦး m & f BurmeseMeans "first, eldest, head" in Burmese.
Paannsee ပန်းသီး f BurmeseDerived from the Burmese word for "apple", ultimately from
ပန်း (pan) meaning "pink, red" and
အသီး (a si) meaning "fruit".
Paing ပိုင် m & f BurmeseMeans "own, possess" or "be accomplished" in Burmese.
Pau ပေါက် f BurmeseBurmese feminine name refering to Butea monosperma, a plant with brilliant clusters of red flowers also known as the Parrot Tree or Flame of the Forest.
Paw ပေါ် m & f BurmeseMeans "arise, emerge, appear" in Burmese.
Phway ဖွေး f BurmeseDerived from
အဖွေးသား (ahpwei dha) meaning "noticeably made-up/beautified", "brilliant" or "agleam".
Phyo ဖြိုး m & f BurmeseMeans "bountiful, abundant" in Burmese.
Po ပို f & m BurmeseMeans "to exceed" in Burmese.
Pwint ပွင့် f & m BurmeseMeans "to open, to blossom (as in a flower)" in Burmese.
Pyae m & f BurmeseThe meaning of this name often comes with the definition of “perfection, fullness, a chubby body. When it comes to the properties which is sounds like “sufficiency”.
Pyone ပြုံး f & m BurmeseFrom Burmese ပြုံး
(pyon) meaning "smile" or "grow, proliferate".
Sajang သဇင် f BurmeseBurmese feminine name refering to the
Bulbophyllum auricomum orchid.
San စမ်း m & f BurmeseMeans "water spring" in Burmese.
San စံ f & m BurmeseMeans "model, standard, ideal" in Burmese.
San စန်း f & m BurmeseDerived from Burmese စန္ဒာ
(sanda) meaning "moon".
Sauta သော်တာ f BurmeseBurmese feminine name derived for a poetic term of the moon.
Saw စော m & f BurmeseMeans "honourable" or "lord, chief" in Burmese.
Shein ရှိန် m & f BurmeseMeans "intensity, force, power" in Burmese.
Sin စင် m & f BurmeseMeans "clean, pure" in Burmese.
Sin စင် f & m BurmeseMeans "clean, pure" in Burmese.
Singgi သိင်္ဂီ f BurmeseMeans "superior quality gold" in Burmese.
Sithu စည်သူ m BurmeseFrom an honorific title possibly derived from Burmese စည်
(si) meaning "prosperous" and the third-person pronoun သူ
(thu).
Soe စိုး m & f BurmeseMeans "rule, dominate, control" in Burmese.
Su ဆု f BurmeseMeans "a thing desired, prayed or wished for", "prize" or "reward" in Burmese.
Suphankanlaya ဗြဣန္ဒဒေဝီ f Thai, Burmese, HistoryOf uncertain etymology. This was the name of a 16th-century Thai princess who was a queen consort of King Bayinnaung of Myanmar.
Suriyothai သူရိယထိုင်း f Thai, Burmese, HistoryThis was the name of a royal queen consort during the 16th century Ayutthaya period of Siam (now Thailand). 'Her given name Suriyothai สุริโยทัย means "dawn". It is a compound of Suriya, from Sanskrit surya सूर्य "sun", through Prakrit derived Tamil word சூரிய (Suriya); plus Uthai from udaya उदय "rising", again Prakrit derived Tamil உதய (Uthaya).'
Suu စု f BurmeseMeans "collect, gather, save" in Burmese.
Swar စွာ m BurmeseMeans "impudent, aggressive" in Burmese.
Swasti သွသ္တိ f BurmeseFrom Burmese သွသ္တိ (
swa.sti.), a transcription of Sanskrit स्वस्ति (
svastí) meaning "well-being; fortune; success; prosperity; luck".
Swe ဆွေ m & f BurmeseMeans "relative, friend" in Burmese.
Taik တိုက် m BurmeseMeans "chamber, treasury" in Burmese.
Tet တက် m & f BurmeseMeans "ascend, rise, soar" or "advance, increase, improve" in Burmese.
Thaik သိုက် m & f BurmeseMeans "treasure trove" or "prophecy, oracle" in Burmese.
Thang ထန် m BurmeseEither means "toddy palm" (referring to a type of tree) or "to be stormy, to be violent" in Burmese.
Thar သာ m & f BurmeseMeans "pleasant, peaceful" in Burmese.
Tharahpi သရဖီ f BurmeseBurmese feminine name refering to Calophyllum amoenum, a kind of tree bearing white fragrant flowers.
Thaw သော် m & f BurmesePossibly from Burmese သော်တာ
(thawda) meaning "moon" or perhaps from a word meaning "scent" or "floral decoration".
Thawda သော်တာ m & f BurmeseMeans "moon (a poetic term)" in Burmese.
Thawka သော်က f BurmeseDerived from the Burmese
သော်က (tho ka), which refers to Amherstia nobilis, a tall evergreen tree bearing pendulous sprays of vermilion flowers or Saraca indica, a small tree bearing red flowers.
Thein သိန်း m & f BurmeseMeans "hundred thousand" in Burmese.
Thin သင်း f & m BurmeseMeans "fragrant, aromatic" in Burmese.
Thukha သုခ m & f BurmeseMeans "happiness, pleasure, delight" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit सुख
(sukha).
Thura သူရ m BurmeseMeans "brave, gallant" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit शूर
(shura).
Thurein သူရိန် m BurmeseEither from Pali
suriya meaning "sun" or from Sanskrit शूर
(shura) meaning "heroic, brave, strong, powerful" and the name of the Hindu god
Indra.
Thwin သွင် f & m BurmesePossibly means "manner, appearance" or "continuous, limpid" in Burmese.
Tin တင် m & f BurmeseMeans "survive, remain" in Burmese.
Tint တင့် m & f BurmeseMeans "proper, fitting, comely, becoming" in Burmese.
Toe တိုး m & f BurmeseMeans "soft, gentle" in Burmese.
Tut ထွတ် m & f BurmeseMeans "topmost, crowning, supreme" in Burmese.
Wai ဝေ m & f BurmeseMeans "profuse, abound, abundant" in Burmese.
Waing ဝိုင်း f & m BurmeseMeans "round, circular" or "collectively, together" in Burmese.
Wareru ဝါရီရူး m Mon, BurmeseEtymology unknown. A person bearing the name was the founder of the Martaban Kingdom, later known as the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, located in the central coast of present day Myanmar. His name has no known meaning.
Wunna ဝဏ္ဏ m BurmeseMeans "appearance" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit वर्ण
(varna) meaning "colour".
Yadana ရတနာ f BurmeseMeans "treasure, gem, jewel" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit रत्न
(ratna).
Yamin ယမင်း f BurmeseMeans "beautiful young woman" in Burmese.
Yarzar ရာဇာ m BurmeseMeans "king, ruler" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit राज
(raja).
Yati ရတီ f BurmeseRefers to a measuring system used to weigh gems, ultimately from Pali
rati.
Yaung ရောင် m & f BurmeseMeans "glow, radiance, colour, tint" in Burmese.
Ye ရဲ m & f BurmeseMeans "bright red" or "brave, daring" in Burmese.
Yi ရည်, ရယ် f & m BurmeseMeans "lustre" (ရည်) or "to laugh" (ရယ်) in Burmese.
Yin ယဉ်, ရင် m & f BurmeseDerived from the Burmese
ယဉ် (yin) meaning "cultured, gentle" or
ရင် (yin) meaning "prepare, create".
Yin ယဉ် f BurmeseMeans "cultured, gentle, charming, graceful" in Burmese.
Yin ရင် m & f BurmeseMeans "prepare, create" in Burmese.
Yuzana ယုဇန f BurmeseMeans "orange jasmine (a type of flower)" or "boxwood (a type of shrub)" in Burmese.
Zarni ဇာနည် m BurmeseFrom Burmese အာဇာနည်
(azani) meaning "martyr, hero".
Zaw ဇော် m BurmeseMeans "preeminent, supreme" in Burmese.
Zeya ဇေယျာ m BurmeseMeans "victory" in Burmese, ultimately from Sanskrit जय
(jaya).
Zun ဇွန် f BurmeseBurmese feminine name refering to a small fragrant white flower of the Jasminum auriculatum plant.