Around the world, Kiếm (Kiếm 
) is a rare principally masculine, but scarcely female first name. The forename Kiếm is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Vietnam, where it is a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently feminine name. Likewise, Kiếm is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Kiếm | Vietnam |
| trần bửu kiếm Vietnamese politician; member National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam; head of the Front's delegation to the four-way Paris talks, VN (b. 1921) |
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