name
Nguyen
Win (or N’win)
/ˈŋwiən/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Nguyen
Sounds like
Sounds similar to the English word ‘win’.
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- Meaning
- The most common surname in Vietnam.
- Gender
- unisex
- Popularity
- Carried by ~40% of Vietnamese people worldwide.
- Also spelled
- Nguyễn
Common mispronunciations
NEW-yenEN-gooyenNUH-goo-yen
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