Given name & surname
Viet
“a woman from Vietnam”·“of Vietnamese descent”
Viet is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a woman from Vietnam” (Vietnamese) and “of Vietnamese descent” (Vietnamese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a woman from Vietnam” (Vietnamese) and “of Vietnamese descent” (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 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Viet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,096
- 1,085 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 65 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 65 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,026 as a first name in 2020; 286 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.
Viet’s family of names
Viet has a related form in Viett. Viet has a related form in Viette. Viet has a related form in Vyet.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Viet
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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“one who is peaceful; calm”
>99% boys
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“a combative man”
>99% boys