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'''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records.  Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.'''
'''Understanding customs used in surnames and given names can help you identify your ancestors in records.  Learn to recognize name variations and see clues in names.'''
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Bamar names commonly include Pali-derived words combined with native Burmese words, including:<br>
Bamar names commonly include Pali-derived words combined with native Burmese words, including:<br>


{{Block indent|Male:|5}}
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{{Block indent|thura (သူရ "brave, gallant" from sūra)|2}}
::thura (သူရ "brave, gallant" from sūra)
{{Block indent|thiha (သီဟ "lion", from sīha)|2}}
::thiha (သီဟ "lion", from sīha)
{{Block indent|zeya (ဇေယျာ "victory", from jāya)|2}}
::zeya (ဇေယျာ "victory", from jāya)
{{Block indent|wunna (ဝဏ္ဏ "gold", from vaṇṇa)|2}}
::wunna (ဝဏ္ဏ "gold", from vaṇṇa)
{{Block indent|kaung (ကောင်း "best", from kaung)|2}}
::kaung (ကောင်း "best", from kaung)
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{{Block indent|Female:|5}}
:::::Female:
{{Block indent|sanda (စန္ဒာ "moon", from canda)|2}}
::sanda (စန္ဒာ "moon", from canda)
{{Block indent|thanda (သန္တာ "coral", from santa)|2}}
::thanda (သန္တာ "coral", from santa)
{{Block indent|thiri (သီရိ "splendour", from siri)|2}}
::thiri (သီရိ "splendour", from siri)
{{Block indent|hayma (ဟေမာ, "forest", compare Himalayas)<ref>"Burmese name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_name, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref>|2}}
::hayma (ဟေမာ, "forest", compare Himalayas)<ref>"Burmese name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burmese_name, accessed 11 March 2021.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Myanmar]][[Category:Naming Customs]]
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