Given name & surname
Kieu
“one who is beloved”
Kieu is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is beloved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is beloved.”
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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kieu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 145
- 0 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 14 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,164 as a first name in 2020; 1,457 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.
Kieu’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Kieu, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Lieu
“of the willow tree”
>99% girls
Quyen
Quyen is a surname from Vietnamese. It is used in French.
11% boys · 89% girls
Thu
“born in autumn” · “born during the autumn”
>99% girls
Diep
Diep is a surname from Vietnamese.
22% boys · 78% girls
Lien
“resembling the lotus”
1% boys · 99% girls
Kiri
“resembling the amaranth flower” · “resembling the mountains”
4% boys · 96% girls
Tuyet
“snow-white woman”
>99% girls
Nguyet
“woman of the moon”
>99% girls