Given name & surname
Vien
“one who is complete; satisfied”
Vien is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is complete; satisfied.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “one who is complete; satisfied.”
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 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vien through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 6 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 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,249 as a first name in 2020; 1,094 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.
Vien’s family of names
In Greek usage, Vien as a surname is a transliteration of Βιέν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Vien, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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“one who is peaceful; calm”
>99% boys
Thinh
“a prosperous man”
>99% boys