Entry № 10513 · Sesotho origin

Thato Thato — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAH-toh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sesotho
Meaning
"Will, desire"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "will, desire".

Thato means will and desire — that which is longed for, Gods will. It carries purpose and warmth.

It reads steady and warm, a hearts desire.

Will, desire — a Sesotho name.

The name in its native script.

Thato
Transliteration
Thato
Pronunciation
/ ˈta.to /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Thato stands.

Thato does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Thatos before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Thato.

The number behind Thato.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Thato reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.