Thein as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Thein

What is the meaning of the name Thein ?

The baby name Thein is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced THAYN.

Thein is Burmese in Origin.

Thein is a Burmese masculine name element; the earliest recoverable form for the name is Burmese သိန်း. The root language is Burmese and the literal sense is the numeral hundred thousand, equivalent to the South Asian lakh. As a personal-name word, it fits a Burmese pattern of combining auspicious vocabulary: numerals, gems, virtues, and natural images. The spelling renders Burmese သ as th and the final nasalized vowel, making THAYN closer than English theen.

In Myanmar, Thein most often occurs inside compound personal names rather than as a hereditary surname, since Burmese naming practice does not traditionally use family names. It is familiar from Thein Sein, president of Myanmar from 2011 to 2016, and the pro-democracy figure Myint Thein. Romanization is not fully standardized, but Thein is the usual English form for သိန်း in official and diaspora contexts. An unrelated German surname Thein, linked to Matthias, has a separate origin.