Where does “Nguyen” come from?
Nguyen is an English adaptation of Vietnamese Nguyễn, a common Vietnamese surname whose ultimate origin remains uncertain.
Ancestry of “Nguyen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vietnamese | Nguyễn | — |
| 2 | Chinese | 阮 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 我儂 | I; me; we; us |