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According to multiple sources, Nguyên is a popular unisex given name in Vietnam. With 989 683 bearers, Nguyên is the 19th most common given name in Vietnam (2014 Data). About 52% of bearers of this name are Female in Vietnam (2014 Data).
Sources: https://forebears.io/forenames/nguyen
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/penpals/stats.php?Pays=VTN
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Sources: https://forebears.io/forenames/nguyen
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/penpals/stats.php?Pays=VTN
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It's only ugly if you pronounce it in an English accent!
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This name is also pronounced "WIN."
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Nguyên is also used as a feminine name in Vietnamese. However, it's more common for males. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be changed from "Masculine" to "Masculine & Feminine".
Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/nguyen
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Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/nguyen
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If you're not Vietnamese then do not name your kid this!
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According to Buzzfeed it is pronounced "WENG".
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I can't help but think of this as a surname, several people I've seen around facebook have it.
Also, I think it's pronounced NYOON.
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Also, I think it's pronounced NYOON.
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A famous bearer of Nguyen (as a surname anyway) are reporter Leyna Nguyen, actress Anh Thu Nguyen Thi, photographer Thao Phuong Nguyen, polimetrician Linh Nguyen, actor Dustin Nguyen, general Van Thieu Nguyen.
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It looks hard to pronounce, and I can't get over the fact that a VERY large proportion of Vietnamese people have this as a surname.
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Pronounced "Noo-yehn".
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This is the most common Vietnamese surname. The closest an English speaker can get to the actual pronunciation is "win."
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My brother's teacher's last name (she is Vietnamese). Pronounced: nih-GOY-in.
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This can also be a surname.
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