The story behind Tây
Sino-Vietnamese word from 西 (“west”).
Pronunciation
Vietnamese; Hà-Nội: [təj˧˧]
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Names Similar to Tây
Thuý
Sino-Vietnamese word from 翠.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ý
- same syllable count
- similar length
Thuỳ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 垂.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ỳ
- same syllable count
- similar length
Thuỵ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 瑞.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ỵ
- same syllable count
- similar length
Duy
Sino-Vietnamese word from 維.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Y
- same syllable count
- similar length
Kỳ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 旗 (“fragrance”), 奇 (“strange”) etc.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ỳ
- same syllable count
- similar length
Mỵ
Sino-Vietnamese word from 媚 (“charming”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ỵ
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Tây
Ajisai
/adisawi/ → /ad͡ʑisai/ From Old Japanese. Recorded in the Man'yōshū of c. 759 CE with the phonetic man'yōgana spellings 味狭藍 (adisawi) and 安治佐為 (adisawi), and in the Wamyō…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ashita
Shift in meaning from 朝 (ashita, “next morning”), itself cognate with 朝 (asa, “morning”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 明日 (míngrì).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Fubuki
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 吹雪く (fubuku, “to blow violently (said of wind); to blow a snowstorm”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Tây
An
Sino-Vietnamese word from 安.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ân
Sino-Vietnamese word from 恩.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ấn
Sino-Vietnamese word from 印.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length