Baby-naming guides
Everything worth knowing before you settle a first name — explained simply, grounded in Thaksa-Pakorn, with a free name checker.
- Cornerstone guideNaming your baby by day of birth: the complete guideStart here: how the birth day shapes a name's lucky letters
- Day deep-diveWhy Monday-born names are the hardest to chooseMonday forbids almost every vowel — here's why, and what to do
- The fundamentalsWhat are kalakini letters, and which to avoidThe full forbidden-letter table for all 8 birth days, explained
- The fundamentalsThe Tāksā wheel: what each of the 8 houses meansBoriwan, Ayu, Decha, Si… what each of the eight houses governs
- Naming cultureFirstname vs nickname — and why the rules differFirstnames follow the birth day; nicknames don't — here's why
- For adultsChanging your name for luck: an adult's guide to an auspicious Thai nameNot just for babies — adults pick a name by Thaksa too
- Naming cultureWhy does every Thai person have a nickname?Nicknames are centuries older than Thai surnames
- Naming cultureWhere do Thai first names come from? Pali, Sanskrit and TāksāWhy Thai names are long, meaningful — and number in the tens of thousands
- Naming cultureThai surnames are barely a century oldBefore 1913, Thais had no surnames at all
- Family traditionNaming your baby after the parents: four Thai methods — and the kalakini check they all missA syllable borrowed from a parent can be kalakini for the child