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Somchai

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Somchai
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameThai
MeaningFor สมชาย, it means "Real man", "Manliness".

Somchai (Thai: สมชาย, pronounced [sǒm.tɕʰāːj]) is a Thai given name used by males. It is the most common male given name in Thailand, with 240,000 persons using the name in 2012.[1]

Persons with the given name Somchai include:

In addition to สมชาย, a few other similar-sounding Thai names are also transcribed as Somchai. These include สมชัย, สมไชย, สมไชย์, etc., which are pronounced [sǒm.tɕʰāj], with a short second syllable.

Persons with the name Somchai (สมชัย) include:

  • Somchai Katanyutanon, cartoonist writing under the pen name Chai Rachawat
  • Somchai Lyowarin, the birth name of Win Lyovarin, Thai novelist/writer

References

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  1. ^ "'สมชาย'ชื่อสุดฮิต คนไทยใช้มากที่สุด 240,000 คน". Thai Rath (in Thai). Retrieved 12 February 2017.