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The Vietnamese language is tonal and so are Vietnamese names. Names with the same spelling but different tones represent different meanings, which can confuse people when the diacritics are dropped, as is commonly done outside Vietnam (e.g. Đoàn vs Doãn (), both become Doan when diacritics are
Vietnamese given names (6 P) Vietnamese-language surnames (48 P) Pages in category "Vietnamese names" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Vietnamese personal names are usually three syllables long, but may also be two or four syllables. The first syllable is the family name or surname . Because certain family names, notably Nguyen, are extremely common, they cannot be used to distinguish among individuals in the manner customary in English.
Pages in category "Vietnamese given names" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Duy; G. Giai (name) L.
Currently "Vietnam" is most commonly used as the official name in English, leading to the adjective Vietnamese (instead of Viet, Vietic or Viet Namese) and 3-letter code VIE in IOC and FIFA (instead of VNM). In all other languages mainly written in Latin script, the name of Vietnam is also commonly written without a space. [52]
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Vietnamese This category exists only as a container for other categories of Vietnamese women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
In 1962 during the Vietnam War, Trần Lệ Xuân (aka Madame Nhu), sister-in-law of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm had a costly statue erected in the capital of Saigon in memory of the Trưng sisters, with the facial features modeled on herself, and also established the Women's Solidarity Movement, a female paramilitary ...
Vietnamese: Origin; Meaning: blessing or lucky: Phước (Vietnamese: Phước) is a common gender-neutral name originating from Vietnam. It means "blessing" or ...