Vietnamese

Bùi (Chữ Hán: 裴) is a common Vietnamese surname, ranking 9th among the most frequent surnames in Vietnam. It represents the Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname Pei, derived from Sino-Vietnamese 裴 (pronounced bùi). T...

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Đỗ Vietnamese Vietnamese

Đỗ is a Vietnamese family name written with the same Chinese character 杜 (Sino-Vietnamese đỗ), meaning “pear tree” or “to stop.” It is the Vietnamese equivalent of the Chinese surname Du and is distinct from the Portugu...

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Huỳnh Vietnamese Vietnamese

Huỳnh is a Vietnamese surname, a regional variant of Hoàng used predominantly in southern Vietnam. Both surnames derive from the Chinese surname Huang (traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄), meaning "yellow" i...

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Kim Korean Vietnamese Korean Vietnamese

Kim is a Korean and Vietnamese surname, derived from the Chinese character 金 meaning "gold." It is the most common surname in both South and North Korea, where it is borne by approximately one-fifth of the population. I...

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Lê Vietnamese Vietnamese

Lê is a common Vietnamese surname, originally written with the Chữ Hán character 黎 (meaning "dark, black" or "multitude"). It is derived from the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Li 2. Lê is the thir...

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Mai Vietnamese Vietnamese

Mai is a Vietnamese surname derived from the Mei (梅) character, which means "plum" or "apricot" in Chinese. The name entered Vietnamese through Sino-Vietnamese readings of the Chinese character, where mơ (apricot) and m...

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Ngô Vietnamese Vietnamese

Ngô is a Vietnamese surname that originates as a Vietnamese form of Wu 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 吳 (ngô). The root name, Wu, comes from Chinese 吴 and refers to the ancient state of Wu, which was centered in present-day J...

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Ngo Vietnamese Vietnamese

Ngo is a Vietnamese surname, a simplified variant of Ngô. The name Ngô is the Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname Wu 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 吳 (ngô).Etymology and HistoryThe root of the surname is the Chinese charact...

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Nguyen Vietnamese Vietnamese

Nguyen is a simplified variant of Nguyễn, the most common Vietnamese surname, borne by an estimated 30 to 39 percent of the Vietnamese population. Both forms are derived from the Chinese character 阮 (pronounced Ruǎn in...

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Nguyễn Vietnamese Vietnamese

Nguyễn is the most common surname in Vietnam, with an estimated 30 to 39 percent of the population bearing this name. It is the Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname Ruan, derived from the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation...

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Phạm M Vietnamese Vietnamese

Phạm is a Vietnamese surname, the fifth most common in Vietnam. It is the Sino-Vietnamese reading of the Chinese character 范 (Fàn), and is a Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname Fan. The root meaning refers to a count...

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Phan Vietnamese Vietnamese

Phan is a Vietnamese surname representing the local form of the Chinese Pan 2. The character 潘 (Sino-Vietnamese phan) originally referred to an ancient river in China that flowed into the Han River, as well as the conce...

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Tran Vietnamese Vietnamese

Tran is a simplified variant of the Vietnamese surname Trần, one of the most common family names in Vietnam. The name Trần itself is the Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname Chen (陳), derived from Sino-Vietnamese 陳 (...

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Trần Vietnamese Vietnamese

Trần (陳) is the second most common surname in Vietnam, after Nguyen. It is the Vietnamese form of Chen, derived from Sino-Vietnamese 陳 (trần). This surname is deeply intertwined with Vietnamese history, especially thro...

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Võ Vietnamese Vietnamese

Võ is a Vietnamese surname, a variant of Vũ commonly used in southern Vietnam. Both surnames derive from the Sino-Vietnamese 武 (vũ), meaning "military," "martial," or "warrior." The same character can also refer to 雨 (...

Vietnamese Surnames