Tuan
Meaning
handsome, intelligent (refugee-generation families often paired this with the English name Tony)
Also written Tuấn.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Tuan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
281 people · the #19,968 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 24
Among people named Tuan living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Tuan
Most people given the name Tuan in the United States were born between 1980 and 1999. The Tuan you meet today is most often in his 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Tuan deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Tuan truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Tuan fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Tuan travels
Vietnamese American · Refugee-generation families often paired this with the English name Tony.
Keep exploring
Does Tuan fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Tuan to your family’s tree →