Quyen is from the Vietnamese *Quyên* (beautiful bird — specifically the cuckoo or *tử quy* bird in classical Vietnamese poetry). **A modern American baby name in the broader Vietnamese heritage aesthetic**. **Quyen** in Vietnamese poetic tradition refers to the foundational bird whose call is associated with longing — central to the iconic foundational poetic genre of Vietnamese classical literature. The name appears across Vietnamese feminine naming. Notable bearer: **Cẩm Quyên** — Vietnamese singer; **Lệ Quyên** (Vũ Hương Lệ Quyên, born 1981) — foundational Vietnamese pop and bolero singer, one of the most-celebrated Vietnamese singers of the 2000s-2020s. Central to traditional Vietnamese poetic + musical heritage alongside the foundational nightingale-cuckoo bird symbolism in classical Vietnamese-Chinese literature.
Featured throughout Vietnamese heritage.
Quyen reduces to four.