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Nguyen

US/wɪn/

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Australia/ˈnjʉːən/

Nguyen proper noun: a surname from Vietnamese.

Proper noun

Nguyen (plural Nguyens)

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.
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Nguyen meaning in Malayalam, Thai and Vietnamese

Nguyen in Malayalam

Nguyen; a Vietnamese surname
ങുയെൻ ṅuyeṉ, ങ്വിയൻ ṅviyaṉ

Nguyen in Thai

Vietnamese surname
เหงวียน ngwǐian, เหงียน ngǐian

Nguyen in Vietnamese

Vietnamese surname
Nguyễn

Forms of Nguyen

pluralNguyens

Origin of Nguyen

Borrowed from Vietnamese Nguyễn.

Words that rhyme with Nguyen

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Questions about Nguyen

What does Nguyen mean?
Nguyen means a surname from Vietnamese.
What is Nguyen in Malayalam?
Nguyen in Malayalam is ങുയെൻ (ṅuyeṉ), ങ്വിയൻ (ṅviyaṉ). See Nguyen meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is Nguyen?
Nguyen is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nguyen?
Nguyen is pronounced /wɪn/ (US).

Words near Nguyen in the dictionary

  1. Ngunnawal
  2. ngurungaeta
  3. ngurungaetas
  4. Ngus
  5. Nguy
  6. Nguyen
  7. Nguyens
  8. Nguys
  9. Ngwa
  10. Ngwato
  11. ngwee

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Nguyen (page history and authors); ങുയെൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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