Phat

Meaning & origin

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

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

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

Phat is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands

  Also written Phật, Pĥát, Phất, Phắt, Phạt

• Spanish given name13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Phât, Phàt, Phát, Phất, Phạt

• Khmer given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cambodia, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Phát, Phât, Phāt

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Phāt, Phật, Phát, Phá̂t

• French given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Phàt, Phật, Phạt, Phát, Phät

• Hindi given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Phät, Phật, Phát

• Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, India

  Also written Phật

40 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.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Phat is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Khmer, to scatter, dissipate, disperse; push away; to spread out (grain); to color in (the pictures in a coloring book); to repay, to redeem. to disperse. itincUlCU to throw away, to omit, to cancel, to invalidate

  as a word·Headley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)

• In Khmer, to fry ground, dried and salted fish or meat in lard, syrup, etc

  as a word·Headley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)

• In rad, to chisel

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Excellent; cool; very good.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In phl, suddenly

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Ouyang Fab. 1040not in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB=7308
• King Wu of Zhoub. 1150CNnot in their usual namefounder of China's Zhou dynasty
• Danny Pang Fatb. 1965CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong screenwriter and film director
• Fa of Xianot in their usual name16th Chinese king of Xia Dynasty
• Huang Fanot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 317668
• Yang FaCNnot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 22496
• Miao Fanot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 93671
• Wang Fanot in their usual nameSong dynasty person CBDB = 36862
• Zhai Fanot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 325576
• Zhang Fanot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 130537

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Phat?

A machine transcription gives /fa˧t˨ˀ˩/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.

Is Phat a male or female name?

Phat 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 Phat have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Phat, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled phat.

Where is Phat most common?

Phat is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 109 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Phat?

In the United States, the national register counted 3,039 people named Phat in 2020, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.