Given name
Nhat
“having a long life”
Nhat is used as a given name. One Vietnamese interpretation is “having a long life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “having a long life.”
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 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nhat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 51 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,823 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.
Nhat’s family of names
Nhat has a related form in Nhate. Nhat has a related form in Nhatt. Nhat has a related form in Nhatte.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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