Not too sure how to catagorize this one, i am just asking the origion of this name, country and or language.
2006-10-23 09:54:15 · 13 answers · asked by jack 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Origin of Ruan*, Yuen*, Nguyen* (Vietnamese); Descendents of Ben Tao were rewarded the Ruan kingdom (south east of Jing Chuan in Gansu Province). The Ruan kingdom was eliminated by Zhou Wen Wang during the Shang Dynasty and its people began to bear the last name of Ruan. Another origin of Ruan came from the Shi (stone, rock) family who changed their name to Ruan. In Vietnamese, the surname Ruan is known as Nguyen, which is the most popular family name. Although not all Vietnamese who bear this family name can trace their roots back to their Chinese ancestors, Nguyen is clearly a Chinese name. Many Vietnamese with this surname claim their ancestor to be a man called Ruan Cho, who was a governor of ChiaoChih (North Vietnam) during the Chen Dynasty (~600 A.D.). (Ruan means a musical instrument); Hometown: Chen Liu town in Kaifeng Province.
http://www.yutopian.com/names/06/6Ruan179.html
2006-10-23 09:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Excel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nguyen is a very common Vietnamese name, but I'm not sure if Vietnam is the only country that it turns up in...My friend's last name is Tran, which is also a really common Vietnamese name
2006-10-23 16:58:24 · answer #2 · answered by Ness88 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaking about Vietnam, it used to be a French colony, called French Indo-China. French was a requirement as a second language, and the French also influenced Vietnamese culture in profound ways.
I knew this very Vietnamese looking guy who had the name of Francoise Canavaggio. At a first meeting in a class at college, the professor looks at the student list and says "well, looks like we have someone from France in our class, will he be kind enough to stand up and introduce himself." Everyone looked around expecting to see a blonde caucasian stand up, but up stood this fat very Vietnamese looking guy.........
Needless to say, it was very funny, especially the looks on the faces of some of the other students.
2006-10-23 17:10:03 · answer #3 · answered by zoomat4580 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confirm should be some politician or freedom fighter from Vietnam during the US war. Its Vietnamese, but neighbouring countries in SE Asia also use that, that can blame to mixed race, mixed marriages.
2006-10-23 16:56:55 · answer #4 · answered by Vijay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Vietnamese
2006-10-23 16:57:39 · answer #5 · answered by lostbreath777@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but I knew a girl from Cambodia with the last name. It's fairly popular, I think. I've known a few non-related asians with the last name..
2006-10-23 16:55:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last name pronounced "when" is vietnamese by origin.
2006-10-23 17:39:07 · answer #7 · answered by mortgagegirl101 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vietnam.
2006-10-23 16:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by TJD 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in first grade there was this guy with the last name nguyen and he was chinese and i remember everyone called him nugget and the name stuck,and we called him nugget until fifth grade. lol *sigh* good times....
2006-10-23 16:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by <--un beso--> 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the Laotian equivalant to Smith
2006-10-23 16:56:54 · answer #10 · answered by cabjr1961 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋