Given name
Duyen
“a charming and graceful woman”
Duyen is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “a charming and graceful woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “a charming and graceful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duyen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 184
- 0 boys · 184 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,542 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Duyen’s family of names
Duyen may belong to the same name family as DUYYEN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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