Quoc Dung
Just ten men in Poland carry it, and the records show no boys given it since 2000. Its two roots mean "nation" and "brave".
Quoc Dung Pronunciation
What Quoc Dung means
Where Quoc Dung comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Quoc Dung comes from Vietnamese, and it is built from two words set side by side. Quốc means nation or country, and it traces back to the Sino-Vietnamese root 國, shared with Chinese guó. Dũng means brave, from 勇, the word for courage. Put together, the name reads as something close to "brave for the nation."
Vietnamese given names work this way. The second element usually carries the personal sense, so Dũng is the part a boy answers to among friends, while Quốc frames it.
Poland has a Vietnamese community that goes back to the 1980s, mostly in Warsaw. A boy called Quoc Dung might appear on a class register in Ochota, his name sitting between a Kacper and a Zofia.
The short meaning stays legible: naród, odważny. Nation, brave. No saint's day attaches to it, so there is no imieniny to mark, only the birthday. What the name gives is plain from its parts: Quốc for country, Dũng for courage.
How many people are named Quoc Dung
1 in 2134619 men in Poland is named Quoc Dung. 10 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #16482 among male names.