Thiru

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/θɪɹu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Thiru is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 1.4M(inferred from the name graph)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 8.7K
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 27K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,200 people, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Thiru counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Thiru is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MY Malaysia≈1,200 est.≈1 in 28K—Thiru19
LK Sri Lanka≈850 est.≈1 in 27K—Thiru11
SG Singapore≈710 est.≈1 in 8.7K—Thiru15
US United States≈240 est.≈1 in 1.4MlistedThiru115
ZA South Africa≈190 est.≈1 in 295K—Thiru9
CH Switzerland≈26 est.≈1 in 319K11—4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Thiru is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Malaysia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Thirü

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Thiru जी,Hi Thiru, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Thiru?
A machine transcription gives /θɪɹu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Thiru a male or female name?
Thiru is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Thiru have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Thiru in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled thiru.
How common is the name Thiru?
Mondonomo estimates about 1,200 people in Malaysia have Thiru as their first given name, about 1 in 28 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Thiru”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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