Given name & surname
Huyen
“a woman with jet- H black hair”
Huyen is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “a woman with jet- H black hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “a woman with jet- H black hair.”
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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Huyen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 276
- 0 boys · 276 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 21 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 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,494 as a first name in 2020; 300 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Huyen’s family of names
Huyen may belong to the same name family as HHUYEN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Huyen, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Quyen
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>99% girls
Huong
“having a delicate scent of a flower”
>99% girls
Duyen
“a charming and graceful woman”
>99% girls
Tuyet
“snow-white woman”
>99% girls
Lien
“resembling the lotus”
1% boys · 99% girls