Entry № 8192 · Thai origin

Ploy Ploy — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Thai
Meaning
"Gem, gemstone"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Modern (Thai)

A name that means "gem, gemstone".

Ploy (พลอย) is the Thai word for "gem" or "gemstone" — particularly the colored stones (rubies, sapphires) for which Thailand is famous. A popular modern Thai feminine name.

Ploy is widely used in Thailand.

Gem. The Thai precious stone.

The name in its native script.

พลอย
Transliteration
Phloi
Pronunciation
/ plɔɪ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ploy stands.

Ploy 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.

Ploys before her.

Real people
Chermarn "Ploy" Boonyasak
Thai actress.
born 1982
In fiction
Ploy
Common in Thai films.

Names connected to Ploy.

The number behind Ploy.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ploy reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.