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Common male vietnam names. The name has its roots in Chinese and it means musical instrument. When during their 1000-year occupation of Vietnam they assigned last names to groups of people to make tax collection more efficient. Name Frequency Approximate Number Rank.

People in Vietnam tended to take the family name of emperors to show their loyalty. This family name has Sino-Vietnamese roots. Add to my list Related names.

Nguyễn 阮 39 Trần 陳 11. The most common family names among the Vietnamese are the following with their respective Chữ Quốc Ngữ which is commonly in use and their corresponding Hán tự Han Character. This unisex name of Korean and Vietnamese origin is pronounced as SAHN.

Name Gender Meaning. His name Dat wasnt popular enough to make the national list until 1979. For example Nguyen Van Minh is usually a man while Le Thi Ha is usually a woman.

The most popular last name in Vietnam is Nguyen which was the name of the ruling dynasty from 1802 to 1945. The people of Vietnam werent all that attached to last names and would frequently change them to that of the ruling family. The most popular middle names in Vietnam is Van for men and Thi for women.

This is one of the most common Vietnamese surnames used in the country. They often refer to an positive characterstic like strength or gentleness to hoped for attributes like wealth or studiousness or to positive images like spring or a tree. The other two popular last names are Trần and Lê.