Then

See also: then

English

Etymology

• As a south German surname, from the personal name Thön, a form of Anthony.
• Also as a German surname, a variant of Ten, occupational surname for a mintmaster, from obsolete Middle Low German ten, tene (“blank; disk from which a coin is made”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tainaz (“metal rod”), or perhaps otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”).
• Also as a German name, from the noun Tenne (“threshing-floor”).
• As a Chinese surname, a Romanization of 鄧 / 邓 (dèng) (see Deng) and 田 (tián) (see Tian).

Proper noun

Then (plural Thens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Then is the 14227^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2108 individuals. Then is most common among Hispanic/Latino (65.75%) and White (24.43%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Neth, Neth., ethn-, hent

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hakka 鄧／邓 (dèng).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈthen/ [ˈt̪hɛn]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: Then

Proper noun

Then

1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka