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Yen

girl name
Origin
Vietnamese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

peace, calm

A different name at this address

Yến is a Vietnamese girl name meaning “swallow (bird), peaceful”. It shares this page address because accents fold in web addresses, but it is a different name, not another root or spelling of Yen.

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yen has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

57 people · the #60,880 first name in Brazil · median age 55

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Yen

Most people given the name Yen in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Yen you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Yen

Tien Quyen Lien Xuan Luan Ngoc

The Yen deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Yen 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 Yen fits with your family’s names and surname.

Both reports, explained →

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