Given name

Yên

Yên is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yên comes from Chinese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Ánh is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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50% boys · 50% girls

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36% boys · 64% girls

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