Pich Som's Personal Name List
Banteay Meanchey
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: បន្ទាយ្មានជ័យ្(Khmer)
Pronounced: bahnteey meenkyiy
From Khmer បន្ទាយ្ (banteay) meaning “fortress” and from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning “victory”.
Battambang
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: បាត់ដំបង្(Khmer)
Pronounced: batdahm-BAHNG
Means “loss of stick”, referring to the local legend, Preah Bat Dambang Kranhoung.
Kampong Cham
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កំពង់ចាម្(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahmpawng kyam
Means “port of the chams” in Khmer.
Kampong Chhnang
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កំពង់ឆ្នាំង្(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahmpawng knang
Means “port of pottery” in Khmer.
Kampong Speu
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កំពង់ស្ពឺ(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahmpawng spi
Means “port of starfruit” in Khmer.
Kampong Thom
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កំពង់ធំ(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahmpawng toom
Means “great port” in Khmer.
Kampot
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កំពត្(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahmpawt
Kandal
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កណ្តាល្(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahndal
Kep
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កែប្(Khmer)
Pronounced: kaehp
Means “saddle” in Khmer.
Koh Kong
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: កោះកុង្(Khmer)
Pronounced: kahh kong
Kratié
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ក្រចេះ(Khmer)
Pronounced: krahkyehh
Mondulkiri
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: មណ្ឌល្គិរី(Khmer)
Pronounced: mawndawlkee-REE
Means “center of mountains” in Khmer.
Oddar Meanchey
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ឧត្ដរ្មានជ័យ្(Khmer)
Pronounced: ootdah meenkyiy
From Sanskrit उत्तर (uttara) meaning “north” and from Sanskrit जय (jaya) meaning “victory”.
Pailin
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ប៉ៃលិន្(Khmer)
Pronounced: pielin
Phnom Penh
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: pə-nawm-PEHN(English) nawm-PEHN(English) pə-nahm-PEHN(English) nahm-PEHN(English) PNAWM-PEHN(French)
From Khmer ភ្នំពេញ (Phnum Pin) meaning "Penh's hill", from ភ្នំ (phnum) meaning "hill, mountain" and ពេញ (pin), the name of a legendary woman who supposedly founded the city in 1372. This is the name of the capital of Cambodia.
Preah Sihanouk
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ព្រះសីហនុ(Khmer)
Pronounced: preh siehahnook
Means “province of the holy Sihanouk (former king)” in Khmer.
Preah Vihear
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ព្រះវិហារ្(Khmer)
Pronounced: prehah veehee
Means “sacred sanctuary” in Khmer.
Prey Veng
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ព្រៃវែង្(Khmer)
Pronounced: priy veng
Means “long forest” in Khmer.
Pursat
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ពោធិ៍សាត់(Khmer)
Pronounced: posat
Means “drifting awakened” in Khmer.
Ratanak Kiri
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: រតនគិរី(Khmer)
Pronounced: rehətanakee-REE
Siem Riep
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សៀម្រាប្(Khmer)
Pronounced: seem-REEP
Means “Siam defeated” in Khmer.
Stung Treng
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ស្ទឹង្ត្រែង្(Khmer)
Pronounced: stəngtraeng
Means “river of reeds” in Khmer.
Svay Rieng
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ស្វាយ្រៀង្(Khmer)
Pronounced: svie reeng
Takéo
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: តាកែវ(Khmer)
Pronounced: takaew
Means “crystal grandfather” in Khmer.
Tboung Khmum
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: ត្បូង្ឃ្មុំ(Khmer)
Pronounced: tbong kmoom
Means “amber” in Khmer.
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