Entry № 7423 · Vietnamese origin

Nguyet Nguyet — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NWEE-yet /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Vietnamese
Meaning
"Moon"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Vietnamese)

A name that means "moon".

Nguyệt is the Vietnamese word for "moon" — derived from the Chinese 月 (yuè). The moon in Vietnamese culture is associated with feminine beauty and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Nguyet is widely used in Vietnam.

Moon. The Vietnamese lunar.

The name in its native script.

Nguyệt
Transliteration
Nguyệt
Pronunciation
/ ŋwiˈjɛt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nguyet stands.

Nguyet does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nguyets before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nguyệt
Common in Vietnamese fiction.

Names connected to Nguyet.

The number behind Nguyet.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nguyet reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.