Entry № 8138 · Vietnamese origin

Phuong Phuong — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Vietnamese
Meaning
"Phoenix; fragrance"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Vietnamese)

A name that means "phoenix; fragrance".

Phượng is the Vietnamese word for "phoenix" — the mythical bird symbolizing rebirth and grace. Used widely as a feminine name. Also can mean "fragrance" depending on tone.

Phuong is widely used in Vietnam.

Phoenix. The Vietnamese mythical bird.

The name in its native script.

Phượng
Transliteration
Phượng
Pronunciation
/ fʊŋ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Phuong stands.

Phuong 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.

Phuongs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Phuong
Heroine of Graham Greene's The Quiet American.
1955 novel

Names connected to Phuong.

The number behind Phuong.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Phuong reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.