Given name & surname
Tuyen
“an angel”·“a heavenly messenger”
Tuyen is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “an angel” (Vietnamese) and “a heavenly messenger” (Vietnamese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “an angel” (Vietnamese) and “a heavenly messenger” (Vietnamese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tuyen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 26 boys · 160 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 22 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 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,163 as a first name in 2020; 157 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.
Tuyen’s family of names
Tuyen has a related form in Tuyena. Tuyen has a related form in Tuyenn. Tuyen has a related form in Tuyenna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 Tuyen, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Huyen
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>99% girls
Quyen
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11% boys · 89% girls
Thuy
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2% boys · 98% girls
Trinh
“one who is pure; virginal”
>99% girls
Lien
“resembling the lotus”
1% boys · 99% girls
Thuong
“one who is loved tenderly” · “one who loves tenderly”
16% boys · 84% girls
Thu
“born in autumn” · “born during the autumn”
>99% girls