Given name
Hoai
“for eternity; always”
Hoai is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “for eternity; always.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “for eternity; always.”
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 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hoai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 35 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 12 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 boys is 5 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 922 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Hoai, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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98% boys · 2% girls
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>99% boys
Luong
“from the bamboo land”
>99% boys