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/
(less common) IPA^(key): /ɲuˈɛn/
Rhymes: -ɪn, -ʉwən, -ɛn, -ujən
Homophones: win, wynn, winne

Proper noun

Nguyen (plural Nguyens)

A Vietnamese surname.

Translations

Vietnamese surname

Bulgarian: Нгуен (Nguen)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阮 (jyun²)

Mandarin: 阮 (zh) (Ruǎn)
Czech: Nguyen, Nguyên
French: Nguyen (fr), Nguyên (fr)
Hebrew: נגויין
Japanese: グエン (Guen)
Khmer: ង្វៀន (ngviən)
Korean: 응우옌 (eung'uyen), 응웬 (eung'wen)
Latin: (New Latin) Nguyē̆nus m, (New Latin) Nguyē̆na f
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

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Proper noun

Nguyen m anim

a surname from Vietnamese

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Alternative forms

Nguyên

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛn.ɡɥi.jɛn/, /nɥi.jɛn/, /ɡɥi.jɛn/
Paris (file)
Normandy (file)

Proper noun

Nguyen m or f

a surname from Vietnamese

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