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 Burmese (Rare)The 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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Singgi သိင်္ဂီ f BurmeseMeans "superior quality gold" in Burmese.
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.
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.
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".
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.