name
Tharngan
THAR-ngan
ˈθɑːrnɡɑːnListen
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Syllable breakdown
Tharngan
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Yapese (Micronesia)
- Meaning
- a traditional Yapese masculine name from the island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia, where the Yapese people have maintained one of the most elaborate traditional social systems in the Pacific; Yap is famous for its rai, the massive carved stone discs used as ceremonial currency, and for the traditional exchange network called Sawei that connected Yap to surrounding atolls; Yapese names are deeply embedded in the tabinaw, the family estate, and caste system that structures village society
- Gender
- male
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