Quý
Carried by just eight men in Poland, and most people here will never meet one. The name means "precious, valuable," and no newborns have taken it in recent years.
Quý Pronunciation
What Quý means
Where Quý comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Quý comes to Polish name registers from Vietnamese, where it means precious and valuable. The word traces to the Sino-Vietnamese quý, written with the character 貴, a syllable long used for what is worth guarding. Its short meaning sits close to the surface: cenny, wartościowy.
The same character surfaces in Chinese as guì. Vietnamese sets it inside quý tộc, the term for nobility, so the name keeps company with ideas of rank and worth. The acute mark over the y is not decoration. It marks a rising tone, and in Vietnamese the tone carries the sense.
In Poland, Quý belongs mostly to children of Vietnamese families, one of the larger migrant communities around Warsaw. On a class register in a szkoła podstawowa, the name can stand beside Zofia and Antoni. Teachers learn the tone. The meaning needs no gloss. Precious, valuable.
How many people are named Quý
1 in 2668274 men in Poland is named Quý. 8 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #19326 among male names.