Given name & surname
Trinh
“one who is pure; virginal”
Trinh is a variant of Trina. In Greek use, Trina carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Trinh is a variant of Trina. In Greek use, Trina carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Trinh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 443
- 0 boys · 443 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 27 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 8 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,799 as a first name in 2020; 17,984 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.
Trinh’s family of names
Trinh has a related form in Trina. In English usage, Trinh as a surname was borrowed from the Vietnamese form Trịnh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Trinh
- Phan Châu TrinhVietnamese nationalist in the 20th century1872–1926
- Nguyễn Duy Trinhpolitician1910–1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Trinh, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Tran
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1% boys · 99% girls
Hanh
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4% boys · 96% girls
Huyen
“a woman with jet- H black hair”
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Thuy
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2% boys · 98% girls