Given name
Hieu
“a pious man”
Hieu is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “a pious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “a pious man.”
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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hieu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 864
- 836 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,496 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −21%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,496 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,105 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.
Hieu’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hieu
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Hieu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Trieu
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Hue
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84% boys · 16% girls
Hai
“of the river”
96% boys · 4% girls
Hung
“a hero”
>99% boys
Chien
“a combative man”
>99% boys
Hoai
“for eternity; always”
85% boys · 15% girls
Hao
“one who is perfectly behaved” · “a good man”
>99% boys