Uyen
Fewer than ten people in Poland carry it, split almost evenly between women and men: one of the few names given to both. The meaning points to grace and poise.
Uyen Pronunciation
Uyen is pronounced oo-IH-en (/uˈɨɛn/).
What Uyen means
Where Uyen comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Uyên comes from Vietnam, and it means graceful, elegant. The origin sits in Sino-Vietnamese roots, where the sound gathers a sense of poise. Polish keeps the name as Uyen, without the mark over the vowel that Vietnamese writing holds.
There is a second thread inside the word. In Vietnamese, uyên also names the mandarin duck, the bird that stands for devotion between two people, which is why it turns up at weddings. A Polish reader meets none of that on the page. The link stays in the language of the first speakers.
One Vietnamese singer carries it plainly. Uyên Linh won Vietnam Idol in 2010, and her voice went out across a whole country's radio. Poland has no name-day for it. In a Kraków class register the name looks short beside Zuzanna and Hoang. Uyen, four letters, holds the meaning it began with: graceful, elegant.
How many people are named Uyen
1 in 5635958 women in Poland is named Uyen. 7 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #21726 among female names.
Uyen as a middle name
Uyen is a first name for 7 women in Poland and a middle name for another 9, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2664th, between Tzipora (9) and Venus (9).
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#2662 Tuana9
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#2663 Tzipora9
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#2664 Uyen9
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#2665 Venus9
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#2666 Viera9