Given name & surname
Tuan
“a gentleman”
Tuan is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “a gentleman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “a gentleman.”
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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tuan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,417
- 1,417 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 93 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −78%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 93 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,719 as a first name in 2020; 558 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.
Tuan’s family of names
Tuan may belong to the same name family as TUANN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Tuan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
Duong
Duong is a surname from Vietnamese, ultimately from Khmer. It is used in English, French, and Czech.
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“the phoenix”
94% boys · 6% girls