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Nguyen
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nguyên Nguyên Nguyễn nguyền nguyện
English
Etymology
en :bor vi:Nguyễn + 1
Pronunciation
en /wɪn/ /nwɪn/ /nuˈjɛn/ /ˈnuːjən/ US spelling pronunciationsen June 10, 1977 8 12 New Times Can the ex-prime minister of South Vietnam find happiness running a liquor store in the surfing capital of America? Ward Robert NT Media, LLC https://archive.org/details/sim_new-times_1977-06-10_8_12/page/43en March 9, 2019 Nguyen V. T. America, Say My Name The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opinion/sunday/immigrants-refugees-names-nguyen.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250816154020/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/opinion/sunday/immigrants-refugees-names-nguyen.html 16 August 2025NBC Handbook of Pronunciation 1991 1943 Ehrlich Eugene Hand Raymond James F. BenderDoorway Thoughts: Cross-cultural Health Care for Older Adults 2004 Jones & Bartlett Learning Jane Uyen Tran Gwen Yeo (American Geriatrics Society) 1 Older Vietnamese Americans
en /ˈnjʉːən/ AU
en ɪn juːən ɛn 1 2 2
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nguyen.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
en Vietnamese.
7 May 2020 Genesia Ting How Newton Nguyen is inspiring a young generation of home chefs https://web.archive.org/web/20200508055202/https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2020-05-07/how-newton-nguyen-is-inspiring-a-young-generation-of-first-time-home-chefs Newton Nguyen is a breakout Internet star whose content speaks directly to newly minted quarantine bakers and cooks.
Translations
Vietnamese surname
Bulgarian: bg Нгуен
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阮 jyun2
Mandarin: cmn 阮 Ruǎn
Czech: cs Nguyen, cs Nguyên
French: fr Nguyen, fr Nguyên
German: de Nguyen m f
Hebrew: he נגויין
Japanese: ja グエン Guen
Khmer: km ង្វៀន
Korean: ko 응우옌, ko 응웬
Latin: la New Latin la Nguyē̆nus m, la New Latin la Nguyē̆na f
Russian: ru Нгуен
Thai: th เหงวียน ngwǐian, th เหงียน ngǐian
Vietnamese: vi Nguyễn
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Nguyen is the 38th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 437,645 people. Nguyen is most common among East Asian/Pacific Islander (96.5%) people.
References
Further reading
Czech
Etymology
cs :bor vi:Nguyễn + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Nguyenová
cs Vietnamese
Declension
cs proper noun
Further reading
French
fr:
Alternative forms
fr Nguyên
Etymology
fr :bor vi:Nguyễn
fr vi Nguyễn.
Pronunciation
Enne-güillenne Nuillenne Güillenne
fr Fr-Nguyen.oga Paris
fr Fr-Normandie-Nguyen.ogg Normandy
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Nguyen.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Proper noun
mf
fr Vietnamese
Indonesian
Etymology
id vi Nguyễn. Nguyễn is by far the most common (31.5% in 2022) Vietnamese name.
Pronunciation
Nguyèn
Proper noun
id internet slang Vietnam