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182 names · Page 2 of 4. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Hồng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅, 洪, 鴻 and so on. Doublet of Hường.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Huệ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 惠.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ệ

Hùng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 雄.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Hưng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 興.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Hương

Sino-Vietnamese word from 香 (“fragrance”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Jinping

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 近平 (Jìnpíng).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

Khang

Sino-Vietnamese word from 康.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Khoa

Sino-Vietnamese word from 科.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends A

Kiên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 堅.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Kiệt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 傑.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Kiều

Sino-Vietnamese word from 嬌 or 翹.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U

Kỳ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 旗 (“fragrance”), 奇 (“strange”) etc.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ỳ

Lan

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Lân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 麟.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Lập

Sino-Vietnamese word from 立.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends P

Lệ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 麗.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ệ

Lí

Sino-Vietnamese word from 理.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Í

Liêm

Sino-Vietnamese word from 廉.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends M

Linh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 靈 or 玲.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Lĩnh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 領.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Loan

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鸞.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Lợi

Sino-Vietnamese word from 利.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Long

Sino-Vietnamese word from 龍 or 隆.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Luân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 倫.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Luận

Sino-Vietnamese word from 論.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Lực

Sino-Vietnamese word from 力.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends C

Lulu

Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露 (lùlù, lùlu), 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name. *…

Gender: mixed
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends U

Luyến

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戀.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Mẫn

Sino-Vietnamese word from 敏.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Mão

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卯. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦖᧁᧉ (ṁaw²), Isan เหม้า, Lao ເໝົ້າ (mao).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends O

Minh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 明.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Mùi

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 未 (SV: vị). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the huyền tone is unlikely to be derived from…

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Mỵ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 媚 (“charming”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ỵ

Nam

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends M

Ngân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 銀.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Nghĩa

Sino-Vietnamese word from 義.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ngọ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 午. Regular reading should be **Ngỗ; compare SV reading ngỗ of 仵 (MC nguX), homophone of 午 (MC nguX) in Middle Chinese. Cognate with Northern Thai…

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ọ

Ngọc

Sino-Vietnamese word from 玉.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends C

Nguyên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 元.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Nguyệt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 月.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Nhật

Sino-Vietnamese word from 日.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Nhi

Sino-Vietnamese word from 兒.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Như

Sino-Vietnamese word from 如.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ư

Nhựt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 日.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Oanh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鶯 (“oriole”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Pháp

Sino-Vietnamese word from 法, from Middle Chinese 法 (pjop). As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 法國 /法国 (Pháp quốc), in turn contracted from Chinese phonetics…

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends P