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How to say vietnamese names. As a Vietnamese name it is derived from Sino-Vietnamese 安 meaning safe secure. Anh m f Vietnamese. Ngô Đình Diệm would be listed as Diệm Ngô Đình and Võ Nguyên Giáp would be listed as Giáp Võ Nguyên.

So dont try to sound it out like 2 syllables I would say Dương pronounced as Yuong like young but with less emphasis on o consonent 2. This makes a lot more sense if you imagine that the y serves as an i which is often the case in English and other European languages and considering Vietnamese script was derived from European scripts thats also the case in. We hope this will help you get these names right.

It is called ingma This sound never occurs at the beginning of a word in English so it. Vietnamese names often have a beautiful meaning behind them. Here are some you are bound to come across in your travels.

As you can see most countries are spelled the same in Vietnamese. Add to my list Related names. If you have ever known or met a Vietnamese person there is a 40 chance their last name is Nguyễn pronounced wing.

An 1 m f Chinese Vietnamese From Chinese 安 ān meaning peace quiet or other characters with a similar pronunciation. Vietnamese always say the first name when they want to mention someone. About people names if you notate the Vietnamese order as last - mid - first the Western order shall be mid - first - last instead of first - mid - last.

However they are pronounced differently they are pronounced with a Vietnamese accent. According to the English-language Chicago Manual of Style Vietnamese names in are indexed according to the given name surname then middle name with a cross-reference placed in regards to the family name. Take Pham Van Duc for example Pham is the family name or what we call the last name.