Where does “Нгуен” come from?

Нгуен (Russian) comes from Vietnamese Nguyễn, from Chinese 阮, from Chinese 我儂 — I; me; we; us.

Ancestry of “Нгуен”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseNguyễn—
2Chinese阮—
3Chinese我儂I; me; we; us
Every word from Chinese 我儂 →Every word from Chinese 阮 →Every word from Vietnamese Nguyễn →
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