Xuyên

given name · Latin script

Meaning: river

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Xuyên is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 175K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 411K
  • SESweden1 in 680K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

810 people, 2020

Sources
39 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Xuyen in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

river

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Xuyên counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Xuyên is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States8101 in 411K644Xuyen39
SE Sweden151 in 680K15—1
DK Denmark31 in 2M3——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
IS Iceland21 in 175K2——

810 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Xuyên is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Xuyen, Xuyến

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Xuyen

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Xuyen, Xuyến, Xuyền

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Chile, Nicaragua

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Xuyen, Xuyến

13 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Xuyên under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Xuyên mean, and where does it come from?
river Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Xuyên a male or female name?
Xuyên is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Xuyên have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 810 people named Xuyên, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xuyen.
Where is Xuyên most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Xuyên is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 175 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Xuyên?
In the United States, the national register counted 810 people named Xuyên in 2020, about 1 in 411 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xuyên”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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