Vietnamese Names for Boys
Vietnamese names for boys are positive and uplifting. 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).
Here is a list of Vietnamese boys names, and their meanings.
An: peace, peacefulness
Anh Dung: heroism, strength
Bình: peace, peacefulness (also a girls name)
Bao, : protection
Cành: scenery, environment, natural background in a sense of something that spreads out limitlessly, supports lives,is green and colorful with trees, grass, flowers and fruits.
Chiê'n: fight, battle, combat
Chinh: correctness, righteousness
Cu'ò'ong: prosperous, healthy
Dac Kien: acquired view or knowledge
Ðào: religion
Danh: fame, prestige
Ða.t : accomplished, to attain, to achieve
Ðe : royalty
Diên: farm, farming
Duc: physical exercise, desire
Due: virtuous
Du~ng: heroic, heroism
Duong: positivity, virility
Gia: excellent (sometimes middle or family name)
Giang : river (pronounced "yaahng" in the south or "zaahng" in the north)
Ha?i: river
Ha?o: good (also a girls name)
Hien: nice, kind, gentle
Hiê'u: dutiful to parents, filial dutifulness
Ho.c: to study
Huu: "very much so". amplifies the meaning of the first name, e.g., Phuoc Huu means "one who deserves to be lucky"
Huu (hu+u~): to have, as in Huu Phuoc (to have phuoc).
Hung: prosperity
Hu`ng: heroic, heroism; also strong
Huy: sending light out, brightness
Huynh: older brother (Chinese/Vietnamese word/meaning)
Kha'n: (with raising tone) audience
Lanh: quick-minded, smart; street-smart
La`nh: peaceful
Lân: fictitious four-legged animal with a single horn on the head
Lôc: luck, blessings
Minh: bright
Nguyên: origin
Nhât: long life
Nhâ't: number one
Phuc: luck, blessings. Northern version.
Phuoc: lucky. Southern version.
Quân: soldier
Quang: clear, brilliant; good reputation
Quô'c: nation, country
Sa'ng: bright
Si~ : being a gentleman
Sinh: birth, life, blooming
So~n: mountain
Tha('ng: victory
Thanh: ear pleasing sound; delicate, of high level, also means the color of the sky; very popular name for boys
Tha`nh: achieved, accomplished
Thao: courtesy
Thi.nh: prosperity
Tho. : longevity, long living
Thu: autumn
Thuâ`n: tamed
Thuâ. n: conforming
To.ai: satisfied
To`an: complete
Toa'n: mathematics
Trang: decorated, honored
Trie^`u: tide
Trong Tri: not of small mind
Tro.ng: respected
Trung: central; loyalty
Tu': star, brilliant, quick-minded (can be used for both boy and girls)
Tuan: bright, smart
Tùng: a type of coniferous tree
Vân: traditional middle name to indicate a boy.
Vie^n: (boy's name?) Completion, accomplishment & satisfaction (round, circular object)
ViÊn: (with a little dot underneath the e) Institute, palace, reference
Vi .êt: being Vietnamese
Vu.ong: prosperous, developed
Xuan: spring
