印

chữ Hán form of Ấn.
a male given name from Chinese


太

chữ Hán form of Thái (“a male given name from Chinese”).


山

山: Hán Việt readings: sơn (canonical)
san 山: Nôm readings: sơn (canonical)
san (canonical)

鄭公山

chữ Hán form of Sơn (“a male given name”).


王

王: Hán Việt readings: vương (canonical)
vượng 王: Nôm readings: vương (canonical)
vướng (canonical)

王翠翹

chữ Hán form of Vương (“a surname; a male given name”).


理

chữ Hán form of Lý/Lí (“a unisex given name”).


甲

giáp (Hán-Nôm)
giẹp (Hán-Nôm)
kép (Hán-Nôm)
nháp (Hán-Nôm)
ráp (Hán-Nôm)

武元甲

chữ Hán form of Giáp (“a male given name”).


立

lập (Hán-Nôm)
lụp (Hán-Nôm)
sập (Hán-Nôm)
lớp (Hán-Nôm)
sầm (Hán-Nôm)
sụp (Hán-Nôm)
nhân (Hán-Nôm)

陳立

chữ Hán form of Lập (“a male given name”).


草

thảo (Hán-Nôm)
tháu (Hán-Nôm)
xáo (Hán-Nôm)

阮氏芳草

chữ Hán form of Thảo (“a female given name”).


風

chữ Hán form of Phong (“a male given name”).


香

hương (canonical)
hang (canonical)
nhàng (canonical)

胡春香

chữ Hán form of Hương (“a female given name”).


龍

Chữ Hán form of Long (“a male given name”).


Kim

Cao Wei
Chen dynasty
Eastern Han dynasty
Eastern Wei
Eastern Wu
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Han dynasty
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Jin dynasty (266–420)
Liang dynasty
Liao dynasty
Liu Song dynasty
Ming dynasty
Northern Qi
Northern Wei
Northern Zhou
Northern and Southern dynasties
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Shang dynasty
Shu Han
Song dynasty
Southern Qi
Southern and Northern dynasties
Spring and Autumn period
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Warring States period
Western Han dynasty
Western Liao
Western Wei
Western Xia
Western Zhou dynasty
Xia dynasty
Xin dynasty
Yuan dynasty
Zhou dynasty


May

From may (“lucky”). Compare Hạnh with the same meanings.


Việt

Sino-Vietnamese word from 越 (“Yue; Viet”). Doublet of vượt.

vi-etym-sino

a unisex given name from Chinese; predominantly male


Pháp

Sino-Vietnamese word from 法, from Middle Chinese 法 (pjop). As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 法國 /法国 (Pháp quốc), in turn contracted from Chinese phonetics Mandarin 法蘭西 /法兰西 (Fǎlánxī, Fàlánxī, Pháp Lan Tây) + 國 /国 (quốc, “country”), from French France. Doublet of phép.


Ý

Sino-Vietnamese word from 意. As for the country name, contracted from Mandarin 意大利 (Yìdàlì, Ý Đại Lợi), from a transcription from a European language.

Yìdàlì, Ý Đại Lợi


Anh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 英. As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 英國 /英国 (Anh quốc, “United Kingdom”), from Chinese 英 (Anh) (as in Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, Anh Cát Lợi, “England”) or 英格蘭 /英格兰 (Yīnggélán, Anh Cách Lan, “England”)) + 國 /国 (quốc, “country”).

<i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">Anh quốc</i>

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Văn

Sino-Vietnamese word from 文 (“literature”); implies an educated or scholarly person.

vi-etym-sino

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a male given name from Chinese, a middle name


Thị

Sino-Vietnamese word from 氏 (“clan; née”).

a female given name from Chinese, a middle name


Bon

Vượt qua 226 thí sinh đến từ các trường y dược trên toàn quốc, Đỗ Thế Bon - sinh viên ngành Bác sĩ đa khoa, ĐH Duy Tân đã xuất sắc giành giải nhất tại cuộc thi học thuật về y tế.

2020, Thái Trà, “ĐH Duy Tân giành giải nhất cuộc thi học thuật về y tế”, in Zing news:

Beating 226 other contestants from medical schools all over the country, Đỗ Thế Bon — a General Practitioner student at Duy Tân University — outstandingly won the first prize in a medical scholarship contest.


Sửu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 丑. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨸᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦔᧁᧉ (ṗaw²), Isan เป้า, Lao ເປົ້າ (pao).

cog

Lü ᦔᧁᧉ (ṗaw²)

(dated) a unisex given name from Chinese


Mão

Sino-Vietnamese word from 卯. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦖᧁᧉ (ṁaw²), Isan เหม้า, Lao ເໝົ້າ (mao).

Lü ᦖᧁᧉ (ṁaw²)


Dần

Sino-Vietnamese word from 寅. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨿᩦ᩵, Lü ᦍᦲ (yii), Isan ยี่, Lao ຍີ່ (nyī).


Thìn

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 辰 (“fifth earthly branch”, SV: thần). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but Thìn's /-in/ is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely one /-ən/ in thần. See also Tí, Mẹo, Ngọ, Mùi.
Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩦ, Lü ᦉᦲ (ṡii), Isan สี, Lao ສີ (sī), which /-n/ is lost.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">thần</i>


Tị

Sino-Vietnamese word from 巳. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay²), Isan ใส้, Lao ໃສ້ (sai).

cog

Lü ᦺᦉᧉ (ṡay²)


Ngọ

Sino-Vietnamese word from 午. Regular reading should be Ngỗ; compare regular reading ngỗ of 仵 (MC nguX), homophone of 午 (MC nguX) in Middle Chinese.
Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᨦ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦉᦇ (ṡng), Isan ชะง้า, Lao ສະງ້າ (sa ngā).


Mùi

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 未 (SV: vị). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the huyền tone is unlikely to be derived from the Middle Chinese departing tone and ui is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely tone and rhyme in vị. See also Tí, Mẹo, Thìn, Ngọ.
Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ or ᨾᩮ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦵᦙᧆ (med), Isan มด, Lao ມົດ (mot).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">vị</i>


Thân

Sino-Vietnamese word from 申. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩢ᩠ᨶ, Lü ᦉᧃ (ṡan), Isan สัน, Lao ສັນ (san).


Dậu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 酉. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩁᩮᩢ᩶ᩣ, Lü ᦣᧁᧉ (haw²), Isan เฮ้า, Lao ເຮົ້າ (hao).


Tuất

Sino-Vietnamese word from 戌. Cognate with Northern Thai ᩈᩮ᩠ᨯ or ᩈᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦵᦉᧆ (ṡed), Isan เส็ด, Lao ເສັດ (set).

cog

Lü ᦵᦉᧆ (ṡed)


Hợi

Sino-Vietnamese word from 亥. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦅᧉ (kay²), Isan ไค้, Lao ໄຄ້ (khai).


Sang

From sang (“wealthy, luxurious”). This is one of the most common Vietnamese given names of non-Chinese origin.


Hường

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 紅 (“rose”, SV: hồng). Doublet of Hồng.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">hồng</i>


Bắc

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Trung

[t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 中. Sino-Vietnamese word from 忠.


Tây

Audio (Hà Nội)


Tuyết

[t⁽ʷ⁾iək̚˦˥]


Bảo

Sino-Vietnamese word from 保, or Sino-Vietnamese word from 寶.


Hoàng

→ English: Hoang

Sino-Vietnamese word from 黃, the Northern reading of the character. Doublet of Huỳnh, the Southern form.


Hương

Sino-Vietnamese word from 香 (“fragrance”).


Huỳnh

Sino-Vietnamese word from 黃, the Southern reading of the character. Doublet of Hoàng, the Northern form.


Chung

[t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

[t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]


Lục

[lʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]

[lʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]

[lʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]


Thạch

[tʰajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 石. From the Chinese surname Shi (compare the Korean surname Seok) or from the Khmer surname Sok.


Thuỷ

[tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦]


Thuỵ

[tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˨]


Trang

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Trường

a male or female given name, Truong, from Chinese


Cúc

[kʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]


Thục

[tʰʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]

[tʰʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]

[tʰʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]


Phục

[fʊwk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]

[fʊwk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]

[fʊwk͡p̚˨˩˨]


Phúc

[fʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]


Quyên

Sino-Vietnamese word from 娟 (“beautiful”).


Hiệu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 昊.
Originally Hạo, but changed to Hiệu due to naming taboo, in order to avoid homophony with the name of Emperor Kiến Phúc (full name: Nguyễn Phúc Hạo).


Thắng

Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân Võ Thị Thắng

Võ Thị Thắng, Heroine of the People's Armed Forces

Tôn Đức Thắng là chủ tịch cuối cùng của nước Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa và cũng là chủ tịch đầu tiên của nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
Tôn Đức Thắng was the last President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam as well as the first President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

a unisex given name from Chinese (though predominantly male)


Ngọc

[ŋawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]

[ŋawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]

[ŋawk͡p̚˨˩˨]


Thường

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Công

Sino-Vietnamese word from 公.
Sino-Vietnamese word from 功.


Vinh Sơn

[vïŋ˧˧ səːn˧˧]

[vɨn˧˧ ʂəːŋ˧˧]

[vɨn˧˧ səːŋ˧˧]

[vɨn˧˧ ʂəːŋ˧˧]

[jɨn˧˧ səːŋ˧˧]

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Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius (literally “conqueror, winner”). Cognate with English Vincent.

der

(Roman Catholicism) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Vincent


Hằng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 姮, from Hằng Nga (姮娥).


Bạch

[ʔɓajk̟̚˧˨ʔ]


Hồng

Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅, 洪, 鴻 and so on. Doublet of Hường.


Cường

Audio (Hà Nội)


Vy

Sino-Vietnamese word from 薇 (“Osmunda regalis”).


Thơ

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 詩 (“poem”, SV: thi).

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">thi</i>


Quế

Tôi đã nói với cụ nghị Quế ở thôn Đoài…

1937, Ngô Tất Tố, chapter IV, in Tắt đèn, Việt nữ:


Sáng

From sáng (“bright”). Compare Minh and Quang with the same meanings.


Kiêu

Kiêu, trợ lý tác chiến, với cái dáng cao lớn, đi tới:[…]

1978, Chu Lai, chapter 1, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:

Kiêu, the tall deputy operations officer, went over.


Phận

Còn thằng Lang, đồng chí Phận đưa về phẫu cấp cứu…

1978, Chu Lai, chapter 8, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:

And Lang and comrade Phận, bring them in for emergency surgery.


Phước

Sino-Vietnamese word from 福. Doublet of phúc.


Hiền

Sino-Vietnamese word from 賢 (“virtuous”)


Giàu

From giàu (“rich”). Compare Phú with the same meanings.


Thơm

From thơm (“fragrant”). Compare Hương with the same meanings.

胡𦹳 ― Hồ Thơm ― the birth name of Quang Trung


Tốt

From tốt (“good”). Compare Lương and Thiện with the same meanings.


Vui

From vui (“merry, joyful”). Compare Hạnh and Phúc with the same meanings.


Gạo

Hai đứa – thằng Nhà, con Gạo ngồi trên cây gạo in hình xuống nước để tìm khuôn mặt giống chúng nó… thằng Ba nghe há hốc mồm.

1995, Y Ban, “Bức thư gửi mẹ Âu Cơ”, in Tuyển tập truyện ngắn, 1975-1995, NXB Hội Nhà văn:

The boy and the girl – House and Rice – sitting on rice plants reflecting themselves in the water to find their faces like them… Three gaped when he heard it.

a nickname informally given to children, female given name from gạo, meaning “uncooked rice”


Các

Các Mác

A transliteration of the German male given name Karl


Phri-đrich

[fɹi˧˧ ʔɗɹïk̟̚˧˧]

[fɹɪj˧˧ ʔɗɹɨt̚˧˧]

[fɹɪj˧˧ ʔɗɹɨt̚˧˧]

Phri-đrich Ăng-ghen

A transliteration of the German male given name Friedrich


Vla-đi-mia

[vlaː˧˧ ʔɗi˧˧ miə˧˧]

[vlaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ miə˧˧]

[vlaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ miə˧˧]

[jlaː˧˧ ʔɗɪj˧˧ miə˧˧]

Vla-đi-mia Vla-đi-mia-rô-vích Pu-tin

Влади́мир Владимир#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), Vladimir


A-đôn-phơ

[ʔaː˧˧ ʔɗon˧˧ fəː˧˧]

[ʔaː˧˧ ʔɗoŋ˧˧ fəː˧˧]

[ʔaː˧˧ ʔɗoŋ˧˧ fəː˧˧]

Borrowed from French Adolphe, from German Adolf.

A-đôn-phơ Hít-le

A transliteration of the German male given name Adolf


An-be

[ʔaːn˧˧ ʔɓɛ˧˧]

[ʔaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓɛ˧˧]

[ʔaːŋ˧˧ ʔɓɛ˧˧]

Borrowed from French Albert, from German Albert.

An-be Anh-xtanh

A transliteration of the German male given name Albert


Ma-ri

Ma-ri Quy-ri

A transliteration of the French female given name Marie


Cát Tường

Sino-Vietnamese word from 吉祥 (“lucky”), Literary Chinese 吉祥 (jíxiáng), calqued from Sanskrit श्री (śrī)

Như Ý - Cát Tường

(literally, “Ruyi and Jixiang; Lucky in the Exact Way You Wish”)

Nguyễn Trí Cát Tường

Họa sĩ Nguyễn Cát Tường sinh năm 1911 ở Sơn Tây, một tỉnh cũ ở địa phận miền Bắc. Bạn bè gọi anh là "Lemur" — trong tiếng Pháp có nghĩa là "bức tường" — theo tên tiếng Việt của mình.

2022 February 9, Phạm Linh, “Chuyện về danh họa Nguyễn Cát Tường, người thiết kế nên chiếc áo dài đầu tiên của Việt Nam [The Story of the Great Artist Nguyễn Cát Tường, Who Designed the First Aodai in Vietnam]”, in Sàigòneer:

The artist Nguyễn Cát Tường was born in 1911 in Sơn Tây, a former district in the North. His friends called him "Lemur," French for "the wall", because his name happened to sound like the Vietnamese word for "wall."


Thoan

[tʰ⁽ʷ⁾aːŋ˧˧]