Given name
Nguyet
“woman of the moon”
Nguyet is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “woman of the moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “woman of the moon.”
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 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nguyet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 73
- 0 boys · 73 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 11 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,463 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.
Nguyet’s family of names
Nguyet may belong to the same name family as NGUYETT. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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