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Vietnamese Names for GirlsVietnamese names for girls are positive and uplifting. They may refer to the four attributes of a woman, the four mythical creatures, to beautiful images (like a blossom or a river) or to hoped for attributes (like gentleness or faith). Often two names are combined for a special meaning, to designate a specific flower, for example. Here are a number of examples of Vietnamese girls names and their meanings. Vietnamese Girls Names Representing the Four Feminine AttributesCông: skillful, on career; good industry Dung: beauty; nice appearance Hạnh: nice behaving; good conduct Ngôn: good, soft & nice communication; polite communication Vietnamese Girls Names Representing the 4 Sacred Mythical CreaturesLy: Lion Phượng: Phoenix Qui: Turtle Lông: Dragon List of Vietnamese Girls Names and MeaningsÁi: beloved, gentle An: peace Anh: intellectual brightness A'nh: light ray Bé: baby BÊ : doll Bian: secretive (not commonly used) Bích: jade Bình: peace Cam: orange, mountain sunset (?) Cảnh: scenery Châu: pearls, precious stones (also a boys name) Chi: tree branch, twig Đào: peach blossom; a Tet flower Diệp: leaves Điệp (with - at the middle of D): type of trees that have red flowers Diệu: tender, gentle, mellow Đoàn Viên: happy reunion Đông: winter Giang : river (pronounced "yaahng" in the south or "zaahng" in the north) Hà: river Hài: old name for "shoe" or "fairy shoe" Han: faithful, moral. (see Hanh) Hàng: angel in the full moon Hạnh Phúc: blessing from above, as in good family; also happiness Hiền: gentle, nice, quiet (can be both girl and boy name, more common for girl) Hoa: a type of flower (pronounced HWA) Hồng: rose, pink. Hồng Yến: pink swallow bird Hồng Hạnh: pink apricot blossom Huệ: lily flower; intelligence; mental brilliance; enlightenment Hường: pink rose Hương:
Huyền: having a reflective black color Huỳnh: yellow Kết Niên: year of unity Khanh: Precious stone Kiều: graceful or beloved; a literature heroine (see 'A Tale of Kieu' by Nguyen Du, translated to English by Huynh Sanh Thong) Kim: gold, golden Kim Cúc: yellow chrysanthemum Kim-Ly: Golden Lion Lam: jungle or dense forest (of Chinese origin, a take from Lim and Lum) Lan: orchid Lang: sweet potato Lành: gentle Lê: pear Lệ : tears; shy/shyness Liễu: willow Liên: lotus Linh: gentle spirit Loan: lucky bird in Chinese myth. Also wife. Mai: cherry blossom Mỹ: pretty Nam Hà: South River Ngọc: jade, precious stone Ngọc Bích: sapphire jade Ngu: (no accent) stupid
Nguyệt: moon Nhu: gentle, peaceful Nhung: velvet Nữ : girl Phuong: orientation (geometry) Phượng: phoenix Quý: precious (also a boys name) Quyên: a kind of bird Sang: looking or behaving like people of upper classes (also a boys name) Sương: fog Tâm: heart Tân: new, chastity Thảm: discreet grace Thanh: bright, sunny, light or "ear pleasing" sound or delicate, thing of high value. Has many meanings, such as blue (sky), slender and elegant looking ( ex: The way you dress looks "thanh thanh", or the way you dress looks "thanh nha"). Thanh Hà: Teal River Thảo: grass(botanical);or kind, sweet, nice Thi: poem Thị : common middle name for girls Thiên : heavenly Thom: sweet smelling; also possibly means pineapple (?) Thu: autumn, poem Thùy: friendly, gentle Thuy: (even tone) pussy willow (there several Thuys with different meanings, depending on the tone) Thủy: water Tiên: fairy, spirit, or angel Trinh: virginal girl Truc: wish Tuyên: angel Tuyền: line, ray Tuyết: snow white Ước: wishes Vên: cloud Việt: for Vietnam Viết: to write Xuân: spring Yến: a swallow (bird) Yên: peace, safe, stand still
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