Cambodian Male Name Generator
Khmer men's names, written family name first
Cambodian names for men and boys: Khmer given names such as Vibol, Virak, Samnang and Bunthoeun on their own, and full names written the Khmer way with the family name first, like Sok Bora and Chea Rithy.
About Cambodian male names
A Cambodian man's name is written family name first and given name second, so in Sok Bora the family name is Sok and the man is called Bora. People are addressed by the given name, usually with a title such as Lok (Mr.) or a kinship word like Bong for someone a little older. That is why so much of this list is given names standing alone.
Most men's names come from Pali and Sanskrit through Buddhism and name a hoped-for quality: Virak (brave), Vibol (abundant), Rithy (power), Piseth (special), Veasna (destiny), Sambath (wealth). Two building blocks turn up again and again: Sok, from the word for well-being, in Sokchea and Sokheng, and Bun, merit, in Bunthoeun and Bunrith. Month names mark a birthday (Makara for January, Kakada for July, Seiha for August, Tola for October), families of Chinese descent often choose Kim and Meng compounds such as Kimhak and Menghour, and one-syllable names like Thoeun, Chhoeun and Phal are the plain traditional style.
Khmer has many names shared by men and women. Dara, Sokha, Sophea, Chantha and Samnang are here because men carry them, but they are not male only. Names that begin with Srey belong to women and are left out. Romanized spellings vary, so Ratanak and Rattanak, or Virak and Vireak, are one name.
How to choose Cambodian male names
- Keep the Khmer order, family name first, for a character who lives in Cambodia. Cambodians abroad often flip it to fit Western forms, so Sok Bora may sign as Bora Sok overseas.
- Have other characters use the given name with a title or kinship word, such as Lok Vibol or Bong Rithy. Calling a man by his family name alone is not how Khmer speakers address each other.
- When the name has to read as a man's at a glance, choose one ending in vuth or rith, such as Davuth, Sereyvuth, Narith or Chanrith. Those endings are usually male, while Dara and Sokha could be either.
- For a family of Chinese descent, pair a family name like Lim, Taing or Ngov with a Kim or Meng given name such as Kimheng or Mengly.
- Long compound names like Sovannarith or Chansambath tend to suit a younger, city-raised character, and short names like Voeun or Phal suit a village elder.
Frequently asked questions
What are some well-known Cambodian male names?
Familiar Khmer men's names include Vibol, Virak, Veasna, Kosal, Sambath, Rithy, Piseth, Visal, Vuthy and Narith. Compounds built on Sok and Bun are also everywhere, for example Sokchea, Sokheng, Bunthoeun and Bunroeun.
Does the family name come first in a Cambodian name?
Yes. In Khmer order the family name is written first and the given name second, so Keo Sarin is Mr. Sarin of the Keo family. Family names are usually one short syllable, such as Sok, Chea, Keo, Meas or Prak, and the full names in this list all follow that order.
Are all of these names used only by men?
No. Most entries are names you would expect on a man, but Khmer has many shared names, and Dara, Sokha, Sophea, Chantha and Panha are given to girls as well. The list leaves out names that are mainly feminine, such as those beginning with Srey.
Why do I see the same Khmer name spelled in different ways?
Khmer has its own script and no single everyday romanization, so names are spelled by ear in Latin letters. Ratanak and Rattanak, Oudom and Odom, and Panha and Pagna are the same names in different spellings, and a family usually keeps whichever spelling is on its papers.
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All 500 Cambodian male names
A: 1 name
- Atith
B: 31 names
- Ban Bunleng
- Ban Nareth
- Bora
- Borey
- Borin
- Borith
- Bunchan
- Bunchhay
- Bunchhoeun
- Bunheang
- Bunheng
- Bunhok
- Bunhong
- Bunleap
- Bunleng
- Bunlong
- Bunly
- Bunna
- Bunnarith
- Bunnath
- Bunrath
- Bunrith
- Bunroeun
- Bunrong
- Bunseng
- Bunsong
- Bunthan
- Bunthoeun
- Bunthong
- Bunthorn
- Bunthy
C: 34 names
- Chamnan
- Chamroeun
- Chan Bunrong
- Chan Kumpheak
- Chan Vantha
- Chandara
- Chanrath
- Chanrith
- Chansambath
- Chantha
- Chanthol
- Chap Kimheng
- Chap Phanith
- Chea Bunsong
- Chea Pheaktra
- Chea Rithy
- Chea Vutha
- Chek Chetra
- Chek Sovann
- Chetra
- Chey Seila
- Chey Vathanak
- Chhaya
- Chhayheng
- Chhim Bunheng
- Chhim Monireth
- Chhim Odom
- Chhim Saroeun
- Chhoeun
- Chhunly
- Choeun
- Chum Bunchhoeun
- Chum Naro
- Chum Setha
D: 12 names
- Danh Bunthy
- Danh Monirath
- Dara
- Dararith
- Daravuth
- Darith
- Daro
- Davuth
- Duong Kimsour
- Duong Sophat
- Dy Bunly
- Dy Samreth
E: 7 names
- Ek Bunthan
- Ek Chanrith
- Ek Oudom
- Em Kimlong
- Em Pisith
- Eng Sareth
- Eng Sokha
H: 12 names
- Hem Kanharith
- Hem Samith
- Heng Kimseng
- Heng Mony
- Heng Sophan
- Hoeun
- Hong Pheaktra
- Hong Savath
- Hong Sinath
- Hor Ponlok
- Hor Tola
- Hour
I: 7 names
- Im Chamnan
- Im Pheakdey
- In Bunchan
- In Makara
- Ith Bunrith
- Ith Nareth
- Ith Sitha
K: 54 names
- Kakada
- Kang Bora
- Kang Kongkea
- Kanharith
- Kao Darith
- Kao Sokhon
- Ke Davuth
- Ke Vireak
- Keat Bunthong
- Keat Vutha
- Keo Sarin
- Keo Sereyvath
- Keo Sothea
- Keo Sovathana
- Khem Sereyvath
- Khem Sothea
- Khemara
- Khemarak
- Khim Rithisak
- Khim Samol
- Khov Piseth
- Khov Sovath
- Kim Chamroeun
- Kim Mengly
- Kim Ratha
- Kimhak
- Kimheng
- Kimhong
- Kimhour
- Kimhuy
- Kimleng
- Kimlong
- Kimly
- Kimsan
- Kimseng
- Kimsong
- Kimsour
- Kith Puthea
- Kith Sokvisal
- Kol Dara
- Kol Sovannarith
- Kong Kimsan
- Kong Phirom
- Kong Satya
- Kongkea
- Kosal
- Koy Saran
- Koy Savoeun
- Kry Ratanak
- Kry Sokhorn
- Kumpheak
- Kuoch Oudom
- Kuoch Sophon
- Kuoch Veasna
L: 19 names
- Lam Kimhuy
- Lam Sophoan
- Lay Sokhom
- Lay Vuthy
- Leanghy
- Leap
- Lim Kimly
- Lim Kumpheak
- Lim Phanith
- Long Bunrath
- Long Sokheng
- Long Thearith
- Lor Borin
- Lor Sambath
- Ly Khemara
- Ly Savuth
- Ly Sokleng
- Lyheng
- Lyhour
M: 22 names
- Mak Narin
- Mak Samoeun
- Makara
- Mao Ravuth
- Mao Seiha
- Mao Vandy
- Meas Bunheng
- Meas Puthea
- Meas Sokvisal
- Mengheang
- Menghong
- Menghour
- Mengly
- Mey Kosal
- Mey Sotheara
- Mok Phirun
- Mok Vathana
- Mom Daravuth
- Mom Rattanak
- Mom Samith
- Mongkol
- Monirath
N: 30 names
- Nareth
- Narin
- Narith
- Naro
- Naron
- Narong
- Navuth
- Ney Borey
- Ney Sokhan
- Nget Bunthan
- Nget Chandara
- Ngin Kongkea
- Ngin Samnang
- Ngin Sarith
- Ngov Narong
- Ngov Sarun
- Nhek Bunrong
- Nhek Vantha
- Nhem Bunlong
- Nhem Vichea
- Nhim Bunroeun
- Nhim Vannak
- Nil Kimsan
- Nil Sinath
- Nop Kakada
- Nop Soksan
- Nop Vuthea
- Nou Kimsour
- Nou Pisoth
- Nou Sovannarith
O: 14 names
- Oeun
- Ok Savuth
- Ok Sokhoeun
- Om Phearun
- Om Saroeun
- Ouch Rotha
- Ouch Sokly
- Oudom
- Ouk Bunnath
- Ouk Phearun
- Ouk Sarun
- Ouk Vireak
- Oum Kimseng
- Oum Sophan
P: 37 names
- Panha
- Panharith
- Pen Bunthoeun
- Pen Sopheak
- Peou Sopheara
- Peou Vibol
- Phal
- Phalla
- Phan Bunleap
- Phan Rothana
- Phanith
- Phanna
- Pheakdey
- Pheaktra
- Pheap
- Phearak
- Phearith
- Phearun
- Phirom
- Phirun
- Phoeun
- Pich Chanrith
- Pich Kosal
- Pich Sotheara
- Piseth
- Pisoth
- Pok Narith
- Pok Theara
- Ponleu
- Ponlok
- Pov
- Prak Menghour
- Prak Saran
- Prak Savoeun
- Prum Phearak
- Prum Sinat
- Puthea
R: 15 names
- Raksmey
- Ratanak
- Ratha
- Ravuth
- Reachsey
- Ren
- Rith
- Rithea
- Rithisak
- Rithy
- Roeun
- Ros Sarath
- Ros Sokun
- Ros Vannak
- Rothana
S: 118 names
- Sakhon
- Sam Bunroeun
- Sam Sopheak
- Sam Visoth
- Sambath
- Sambo
- Samean
- Samnang
- Samoeun
- Sann
- Sao Borey
- Sao Kimheng
- Sao Sereyvuth
- Sar Chansambath
- Sar Sothy
- Sar Veasna
- Sarak
- Saran
- Sarath
- Sareth
- Sarin
- Sarith
- Saroeun
- Sarun
- Sat Bunchhoeun
- Sat Naro
- Satya
- Savoeun
- Savuth
- Say Kimhong
- Say Phirom
- Seangly
- Seiha
- Seila
- Sek Mengheang
- Sek Sothearith
- Sem Bunnarith
- Sem Ponlok
- Sem Vichet
- Seng Rattanak
- Seng Soksan
- Senghong
- Senghour
- Sengly
- Serey
- Sereyvath
- Sereyvuth
- Sieng Rithy
- Sieng Vithou
- Sim Khemara
- Sim Sarin
- Sin Chanthol
- Sin Davuth
- Sin Sophat
- Sinath
- Siv Bunrath
- Siv Thearith
- Sivutha
- So Bunnath
S, continued
- So Phearith
- Socheat
- Sochet
- Sok Bora
- Sok Khemarak
- Sok Sarath
- Sokchan
- Sokchea
- Sokha
- Sokhan
- Sokhem
- Sokheng
- Sokhoeun
- Sokhom
- Sokhorn
- Sokkheang
- Sokleng
- Sokly
- Sokmean
- Sokpanha
- Sokpheng
- Soksan
- Sokun
- Sokvisal
- Som Panha
- Som Sovichea
- Sophal
- Sophan
- Sophanna
- Sophat
- Sophea
- Sopheak
- Sopheara
- Sophearith
- Sophoan
- Sophon
- Sorasak
- Soth Kimhour
- Soth Ratha
- Sothea
- Sotheara
- Sothearith
- Sothy
- Sovann
- Sovannara
- Sovannarith
- Sovath
- Sovathana
- Sovichea
- Sovuthy
- Srun Bunchhay
- Srun Setha
- Sun Sokhoeun
- Sun Sovathana
- Sun Visal
- Suy Mengly
- Suy Sambo
- Svay Kimhak
- Svay Satya
T: 34 names
- Taing Sokleng
- Taing Sophal
- Tan Sokchea
- Tan Sothy
- Tang Ravuth
- Tang Reachsey
- Tea Chanthol
- Tea Virak
- Tep Pagna
- Tep Sitha
- Tep Sokhom
- Tep Vuthy
- Thach Kimleng
- Thach Sivutha
- Theara
- Thearith
- Thoeun
- Thol
- Thon
- Thong Kakada
- Thong Vandeth
- Thorn
- Thou Chansambath
- Thou Socheat
- Tith Mony
- Tith Sochet
- Titya
- Tol Ponleu
- Tol Seiha
- Tola
- Try Bunthorn
- Try Khemarak
- Ty Bunsong
- Ty Vuthea
U: 7 names
- Uch Bunrith
- Uch Vandy
- Um Sokmean
- Um Visoth
- Ung Narin
- Ung Pisoth
- Ung Samoeun
V: 28 names
- Vandeth
- Vandy
- Vanna
- Vannak
- Vannarin
- Vannarith
- Vantha
- Vath Raksmey
- Vath Sereyvuth
- Vathana
- Vathanak
- Veasna
- Ven Serey
- Ven Sokun
- Vibol
- Vichea
- Vichet
- Virak
- Visal
- Visoth
- Vithou
- Voeun
- Vong Narith
- Vong Panha
- Vong Theara
- Vutha
- Vuthea
- Vuthy