Thai names in English letters
ชื่อไทยเป็นอักษรอังกฤษ
A set of Thai names needs one English spelling, and the Royal Institute's system writes the sound of each Thai word, not its letters.
Today's price ฿500 / 100 names
What you get
- Thai names in English letters฿500 / 100 namesNames of places, people or products written in English letters, using one spelling for all of them.
How it goes
- You send the list of Thai names: places, people or products.You · At the order
- We write each name in Latin letters, in one spelling for the whole set.Hongdam · After the list arrives
- The list comes back to you in English letters.Hongdam · At the end
- You send the list of Thai names: places, people or products.You · At the order
- We write each name in Latin letters, in one spelling for the whole set.Hongdam · After the list arrives
- The list comes back to you in English letters.Hongdam · At the end
Useful facts
- In a paper Thailand gave to a UN conference on geographical names, the Royal Institute's transcription writes the sounds of Thai words whatever their spelling; tone marks, silencing marks and vowel length are left out. unstats.un.org
- The same paper says geographical names are not translated: Ko Si Chang, not Si Chang Island; Maenam Pa Sak, not Pa Sak River; Thanon Tha Phra, not Tha Phra Road. unstats.un.org
- A proper name that is itself a borrowed word is written as in the original, for example First Class Co.Ltd.; a borrowed word that is only part of a name is written as it sounds in Thai. unstats.un.org
- Its examples include Nai Somchai Khonching for a person, Wat Duang Khae for a temple and Rongrian Sattri Witthaya for a school. unstats.un.org
What others charge
| Thai–English standard translation at a Bangkok agency, priced by the word | From ฿1.5 a word sawadeetranslations.com |
|---|---|
| Thai–English translation, a top-selling Fastwork seller, priced by word count | Packages from ฿250 fastwork.co |
| Hongdam · Thai names in English letters | ฿500 / 100 names |
What people ask
How are Thai names written in English letters?
In Thailand's paper to a UN conference, the Royal Institute's transcription writes how a word sounds, whatever its Thai spelling. Its example for a person is Nai Somchai Khonching. unstats.un.org
Does the English spelling show tone marks?
Not in the Royal Institute's transcription. The paper says a tone mark, a diacritic including a silencing mark, and vowel length are ignored; the sound is what gets written. unstats.un.org
How are Thai place names written?
The paper says geographical names are not translated, and the general transcription rules apply to the whole name, as in Ko Si Chang and Thanon Tha Phra. unstats.un.org
Are company names with English words changed?
The paper says a borrowed word that is a proper name is written as in the original, for example First Class Co.Ltd. A borrowed word that is only part of a name is written as it sounds in Thai. unstats.un.org
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Prices here move with demand: when most of a month's places are taken, the price goes up a step; when few are, it comes down a step.
Sources read 2026-10-24.