Sophat
Sophat was the first Cambodian romance novel written in 1938 by Rim Kin and was published in 1942. Along with Kolab Pailin and Phka Srapoun, Sophat is widely regarded as the “first” Cambodian novel and is considered one of the three classic novels of Khmer literature, though Tuek Tonle Sap, by Kim Hak had been printed in 1939.
Meaning & Origin of Sophat
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Sophat was the first Cambodian romance novel written in 1938 by Rim Kin and was published in 1942. Along with Kolab Pailin and Phka Srapoun, Sophat is widely regarded as the “first” Cambodian novel and is considered one of the three classic novels of Khmer literature, though Tuek Tonle Sap, by Kim Hak had been printed in 1939.
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The Story of Sophat
Sophat first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1985, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1985: 9 births, good for #4,332 nationwide. Sophat last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 22 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sophat
Sophat is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 22 births in the dataset. Sophat's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #4,332. Use the chart and map above to compare Sophat's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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