Where does “Nguyen” come from?
Nguyen (French) comes from Vietnamese Nguyễn, from Chinese 阮, from Chinese 我儂 — I; me; we; us.
Ancestry of “Nguyen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vietnamese | Nguyễn | — |
| 2 | Chinese | 阮 | — |
| 3 | Chinese | 我儂 | I; me; we; us |