Petai

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Petai is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Thailand than in any other country. Recorded meaning: stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa).

rarermore common
  • THThailand≈1 in 14Kas เพทาย(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 659Kas เพทาย
  • USUnited States≈1 in 53Mas Pathai

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Petai itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Thailand (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,100 named เพทาย, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Thailand, est., as เพทาย

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

เพทายThai(measured from records)
PathaiLatin(measured from records)

12 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled เพทาย in TH Thailand, ID Indonesia, Pathai in IN India, Paetai in US United States and Petray in LA Laos.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Petai 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 Petai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TH Thailand≈5,100 est.≈1 in 14K#349,315เพทาย74
ID Indonesia≈410 est.≈1 in 659K—เพทาย1
US United States≈6 est.≈1 in 53M216Paetai15
IN India——6Pathai18
LA Laos———Petray1
AR Argentina——59——

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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)

Petai is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Welsh, third-person singular counterfactual imperfect subjunctive of bod

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, first-person singular past historic of petare

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, second-person plural imperative of petar

    as a wordkaikki.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)

1850190019502000Kaljus Pettai, b. 1888Elmar Pettai, b. 1912Eino Pettai, b. 1936Elmo Pettai, b. 1950Rando Pettai, b. 1965Vello Pettai, b. 1968Kadri Pettai, b. 1972Jaanus Pettai, b. 1989Taisi Rosenberg, b. 1989Kristjan Pettai, b. 1990
  • Kaljus Pettaib. 1888EEnot in their usual nameEstonian singer and chess referee (1888-1978)
  • Elmar Pettaib. 1912EEnot in their usual nameEstonian poet (1912-2008)
  • Eino Pettaib. 1936EEnot in their usual nameEstonian veterinary scientist (1936-2014)
  • Elmo Pettaib. 1950EEnot in their usual nameEstonian engineer (born 1950)
  • Rando Pettaib. 1965EEnot in their usual nameEstonian film director (born 1965)
  • Vello Pettaib. 1968EEnot in their usual nameEstonian political scientist (born 1968)
  • Kadri Pettaib. 1972EEnot in their usual nameEstonian writer (born 1972)
  • Jaanus Pettaib. 1989EEnot in their usual nameEstonian squash player (born 1989)
  • Taisi Rosenbergb. 1989EEnot in their usual nameEstonian singer (born 1989)
  • Kristjan Pettaib. 1990EEnot in their usual nameEstonian squash player (born 1990)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Petai under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Petai mean, and where does it come from?
stink bean, bitter bean (Parkia speciosa) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Petai have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.1 thousand people named เพทาย in Thailand, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Petai?
Mondonomo estimates about 5,100 people in Thailand have เพทาย as their first given name, about 1 in 14 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Petai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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