Given name & surname
Vinh
“from the bay”
Vinh is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “from the bay.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “from the bay.”
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 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vinh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,551
- 1,541 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,529 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,529 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 1983. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,249 as a first name in 2020; 828 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.
Vinh’s family of names
In English usage, Vinh as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form विन.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vinh
- Lê Công VinhVietnamese professional football playerborn 1985
- Hoàng Xuân VinhVietnamese Olympic shooterborn 1974
- Ba CụtVietnamese military leader (1923–1956)
- Trịnh Văn VinhVietnamese weightlifterborn 1995
- Bùi VinhVietnamese chess playerborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Vu
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