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