ABS Census 2021 · 1.5% · 380k people

Baby names with Vietnamese variants

Vietnamese Australians built strong communities in Western Sydney (Cabramatta) and Melbourne (Footscray) following the post-1975 refugee waves. Many families combine a traditional Vietnamese given name with an English first name. Below: names with Vietnamese variants and AU popularity data.

142 baby names registered in Australia have documented Vietnamese variants (🇻🇳) on Wikidata — useful when a Vietnamese Australian community family wants a name that works in both English and Vietnamese, or wants to know the Vietnamese form of a common Aussie name.

Showing the top 60 by Australian BDM popularity — 36 boys' names, 24 girls'. This is not a list of names that originate in Vietnamese culture; for those, browse by linguistic origin.

#1 David David ♂ 103,607
#2 Matthew Matthew ♂ 85,075
#3 James James ♂ 79,842
#4 Daniel Daniel ♂ 77,936
#5 John John ♂ 73,837
#6 Christopher Christopher ♂ 66,640
#7 William William ♂ 64,895
#8 Mark Mark ♂ 64,112
#9 Joshua Joshua ♂ 63,790
#10 Benjamin Benjamin ♂ 62,056
#11 Jessica Jessica ♀ 51,610
#12 Anthony Anthony ♂ 44,744
#13 Luke Luke ♂ 44,193
#14 Michelle Michelle ♀ 40,632
#15 Adam Adam ♂ 40,040
#16 Oliver Oliver ♂ 39,897
#17 Jason Jason ♂ 39,732
#18 Emma Emma ♀ 39,538
#19 Rebecca Rebecca ♀ 38,451
#20 Olivia Olivia ♀ 38,029
#21 Jennifer Jennifer ♀ 37,664
#22 Chloe Chloe ♀ 37,110
#23 Nicholas Nicholas ♂ 36,926
#24 Samuel Samuel ♂ 35,945
#25 Ryan Ryan ♂ 35,148
#26 Karen Karen ♀ 33,441
#27 Noah Noah ♂ 33,170
#28 Scott Scott ♂ 32,852
#29 Nathan Nathan ♂ 32,359
#30 Elizabeth Elizabeth ♀ 32,275
#31 Liam Liam ♂ 32,173
#32 Gregory Gregory ♂ 31,885
#33 Ethan Ethan ♂ 30,929
#34 Jacob Jacob ♂ 30,107
#35 Mia Mia ♀ 29,440
#36 Amanda Amanda ♀ 29,095
#37 Timothy Timothy ♂ 28,970
#38 Amelia Amelia ♀ 28,969
#39 Melissa Melissa ♀ 28,770
#40 Lisa Lisa ♀ 28,734
#41 Grace Grace ♀ 27,597
#42 Ella Ella ♀ 27,059
#43 Samantha Samantha ♀ 26,156
#44 Lucas Lucas ♂ 24,501
#45 Hannah Hannah ♀ 24,433
#46 Patrick Patrick ♂ 24,051
#47 Mitchell Mitchell ♂ 23,463
#48 Joseph Joseph ♂ 23,341
#49 Shane Shane ♂ 22,503
#50 Christine Christine ♀ 22,110
#51 Amy Amy ♀ 21,890
#52 Harrison Harrison ♂ 21,700
#53 Cooper Cooper ♂ 21,501
#54 Georgia Georgia ♀ 21,494
#55 Ruby Ruby ♀ 21,437
#56 Zoe Zoe ♀ 21,427
#57 Sharon Sharon ♀ 21,324
#58 Ian Ian ♂ 21,052
#59 Dylan Dylan ♂ 20,773
#60 Aaron Aaron ♂ 20,707

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