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Member since April 20, 2022
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I've used this site for a long time to fulfill my writerly duties and linguistic desires. Since I already do research in Vietnamese I thought I might as well fill out the Vietnamese names here. The reason it's mostly masculine names is that history remembers more men than women. My lists have names I think just look interesting.

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Nuôi   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "to raise, to rear" in Vietnamese.
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Ngượt   m   Vietnamese (Rare)
Meaning unknown.
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yesterday
Ngó   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "to peek, look" in Vietnamese.
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5/9/2025
Gần   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "near, close" in Vietnamese.
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5/9/2025
Gan   m & f   Vietnamese (Rare)
Means "bold, audacious, brave" in Vietnamese.
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5/9/2025
Lượm   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "to pick up" in Vietnamese.
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5/8/2025
Kén   f & m   Vietnamese
From a non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of 揀 (giản) meaning "to choose".
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5/8/2025
Mượt   m & f   Vietnamese (Rare)
Means "glossy, shiny, smooth" in Vietnamese.
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5/8/2025
Chậm   m   Vietnamese
Means "slow" in Vietnamese.
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5/8/2025
Chăm   m & f   Vietnamese
Means "diligent, hard-working" in Vietnamese.
298 given names   ·   2 surnames   ·   1 place name
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Name List: A. Need To Research More

Names I submitted but need to research more about.
  • Áng
    ... just clouds?
  • Bí
    ... what does it mean
  • Chiên
    ... probably not "to fry"
  • Đổ
    ... not sure if it's Vietnamese or Chinese
  • Dạ
    ... don't know what it means as a name
  • Doan
    ... "doan" seems unattested as a reading of 緣 so idk
  • Hồ
    ... meaning unverified for the name, but it's the common meaning of the word
  • Khạ
    ... don't know what it means
  • Kỉnh
    ... possibly
  • Lặc
    ... Lực?
  • Miêu
    ... don't know which meaning it is
  • Ngượt
    ... don't know what it means
  • Nô
    ... "slave" is kind of an unflattering name but other languages/cultures have names that mean "servant" as well so not sure
  • Riệp
    ... don't know what it means
  • Rô
    ... verify
  • Rục
    ... don't know what it means
  • Rỹ
    ... unsure
  • Sổ
    ... how does "sổ" come from "sở"
  • Sách
    ... book?
  • Sước
    ... what does it mean
  • Tằng
    ... verify
  • Tảng
    ... verify
  • Xa
    ... verify
  • Xước
    ... not sure what it means

Name List: A. Research Notes

Names that I found interesting stories or tidbits about while researching.
  • Chẩm
    ... fishy anatomy
  • Dạ
    ... Lâm Vỹ Dạ is probably named after the place, Vỹ Dạ, because it's a subject of a famous poem by Hàn Mặc Tử
  • Hộc
    ... "some sources write his name as Lương Nhữ Hộc [instead of Lương Như Hộc]" but I can only find one source for that and looking for any other Nhữs only brings up ppl with the surname
  • Kháp
    ... "many sources write his name as Cáp or Hợp, because of the reading of [合] under the radical Miên (宀)"
  • Nô En
    ... "I was born at 1AM on Christmas Day and my neighbor was like 'It's Christmas' so that's why dad named me that"
  • Sách
    ... it's possible Thi Sách's name is just Thi, but then where does the Sách come from?
  • Sùng
    ... I never knew Lạc Long Quân had a real name (Sùng Lãm)
  • Tiệp
    ... Nguyễn princes couldn't keep it in their pants so they had to recycle names but they used different radicals because Minh Mạng neurotically made this elaborate scheme for his family
  • Xảo
    ... "one military doctor insisted it was Sảo, not Xảo, but I remember clearly it was Xảo, otherwise why else would there be a huge X in his signature"