Given name & surname
Nguyên
Nguyên is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.
Meaning & origin
Nguyên’s family of names
In Czech usage, Nguyên as a surname has a related form in NGUYEN. In French usage, Nguyên as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form NGUYEN. In Dutch usage, Nguyên as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Nguyễn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nguyên has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.
2 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nguyên
- Phạm Lê Thảo NguyênVietnamese chess playerborn 1987
- Đồng Sĩ NguyênNorth Vietnamese General (1923–2019)
- Nguyên LêFrench jazz guitaristborn 1959
- Dang Le Nguyen VuVietnamese entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Trung Nguyenborn 1971
- Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhungbadminton playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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