The baby name Thabo is a Boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAH-bo.
Thabo is Sotho-Tswana in Origin.
The baby name Thabo is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAH-bo.
Thabo is Sotho-Tswana in Origin.
Thabo is a Southern Bantu name from the Sotho-Tswana languages, especially Sesotho, Setswana, and Sepedi/Northern Sotho. Its lexical form is Sotho-Tswana thabo, happiness or joy, built on the verbal root -thab-, to be glad or rejoice, with the nominal ending -o forming an abstract noun. The spelling th represents an aspirated t in these orthographies, not English th.
The name is principally associated with Sotho, Tswana, and Pedi-speaking communities in South Africa, Lesotho, and Botswana, where given names often register circumstances, hopes, or family statements around a birth. Masculine Thabo has a feminine counterpart in Mmathabo and shares its root with Thabiso, Lethabo, and Thabang. Public recognition outside the region has been aided by figures such as South African president Thabo Mbeki and basketball player Thabo Sefolosha.
| Thabo Mbeki Thabo Mbeki is best known as the president of South Africa from 1999 to 2008. A South African politician and economist, he had previously served as deputy president under Nelson Mandela from 1994 to 1999, before resigning as president in 2008 at the request of the ANC. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1 | 35,320 | 25,619 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #2 | 585 | 4,685 |
| BW | 0 | #6 | 14 | 960 | |
| ZA | 0 | #6 | 1,217 | 14,421 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #92 | 57 | 4,216 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #218 | 18 | 6,830 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #235 | 3 | 7,146 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #328 | 4 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #440 | 1,203 | 25,928 |
| MX | 0 | #444 | 2 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #462 | 5 | 10,523 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #942 | 10 | 5,873 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,689 | 3 | 28,008 |
Thabo is popular in 22 countries — most recent births per country:
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