Nguyen

Nguyen

See also: nguyên, Nguyên, and Nguyễn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɪn/, /n(ə)ˈwɪn/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈnjʉwən/, /wɛn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nuˈjɛn/, /n(ə)-/, /wɛn/
• (less common) IPA^(key): /ŋwɪn/, /n(ə)ˈɡujən/
• Rhymes: -ɪn, -ʉwən, -ɛn, -ujən
• Homophones: win, wynn, winne

Proper noun

Nguyen (plural Nguyens)

1. A Vietnamese surname.

Translations

Vietnamese surname

Bulgarian: Нгуен (Nguen) Chinese: Cantonese: 阮 (jyun2) Mandarin: 阮 (zh) (Ruǎn) French: Nguyen (fr), Nguyên (fr) Hebrew: נגויין‎ Japanese: グエン (Guen) Khmer: ង្វៀន (ngviən) Korean: 응우옌 (eung'uyen) Russian: Нгуен (ru) (Ngujen) Thai: เหงวียน (ngwǐian), เหงียน (ngǐian) Vietnamese: Nguyễn (vi)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nguyen is the 38^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 437,645 people. Nguyen is most common among East Asian/Pacific Islander (96.5%) people.

Further reading

• Nguyen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Proper noun

Nguyen

1. a surname from Vietnamese

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French

Alternative forms

• Nguyên

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛn.ɡɥi.jɛn/, /nɥi.jɛn/, /ɡɥi.jɛn/

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Proper noun

Nguyen m or f

1. a surname from Vietnamese