Names documented in Vietnamese

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173 names · Page 1 of 3. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

An

Sino-Vietnamese word from 安.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Ân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 恩.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Ấn

Sino-Vietnamese word from 印.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Anh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 英. As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 英國 /英国 (Anh quốc, “United Kingdom”), from Chinese 英 (Anh) (as in Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, Anh Cát…

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Ánh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 映.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Bắc

Sino-Vietnamese word from 北 (“north”).

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends C

Bản

Sino-Vietnamese word from 本.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Bảo

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保, or Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends O

Bích

Sino-Vietnamese word from 碧.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Bình

Sino-Vietnamese word from 平.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Cầm

Sino-Vietnamese word from 琴.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends M

Cẩm

Sino-Vietnamese word from 錦.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends M

Châu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 珠 (“pearl”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U

Chi

Sino-Vietnamese word from 芝 or 枝.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Chiến

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戰.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Công

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公. Sino-Vietnamese word from 功.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Cúc

Sino-Vietnamese word from 菊.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends C

Cường

Sino-Vietnamese word from 強.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Đài

Sino-Vietnamese word from 台.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Dần

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寅. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩦ᩵, Lü ᦍᦲ (yii), Isan ยี่, Lao ຍີ່ (nyī).

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Đan

Sino-Vietnamese word from 丹.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Đào

Sino-Vietnamese word from 桃.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends O

Dật

Sino-Vietnamese word from 逸.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Đạt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 達.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends T

Diên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 延.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Điệp

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蝶.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends P

Diệu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妙. Sino-Vietnamese word from 耀.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U

Định

Sino-Vietnamese word from 定.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Đoan

Sino-Vietnamese word from 端.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Đông

Sino-Vietnamese word from 東.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Du

Sino-Vietnamese word from 攸.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U

Đức

Sino-Vietnamese word from 德.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends C

Dung

Borrowed from Vietnamese Dung. Borrowed from Vietnamese Dũng. Sino-Vietnamese word from 容.

Gender: mixed
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Dũng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 勇.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Duy

Sino-Vietnamese word from 維.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Y

Duyên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 緣.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Gia

Sino-Vietnamese word from 嘉.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Hà

Sino-Vietnamese word from 河 and 荷.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends À

Hạ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 夏.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends Ạ

Hải

Sino-Vietnamese word from 海.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends I

Hân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 欣.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Hằng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 姮, from Hằng Nga (姮娥).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends G

Hạnh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 幸.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends H

Hào

Sino-Vietnamese word from 豪.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends O

Hảo

Sino-Vietnamese word from 好.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends O

Hạo

Sino-Vietnamese word from 昊, 顥 or 灝.

Gender: masculine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends O

Hậu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 厚.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U

Hiền

Sino-Vietnamese word from 賢 (“virtuous”)

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends N

Hiếu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孝.

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U

Hiệu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 昊. Originally Hạo, but changed to Hiệu due to naming taboo, in order to avoid homophony with the name of Emperor Kiến Phúc's birth name Nguyễn Phúc…

Gender: neutral
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends U