Bảo Nam: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Bảo Nam – Meaning: precious south, or (equally likely) precious son/man – Origin: Sino-Vietnamese – Gender: Boy


Bảo Nam is a Sino-Vietnamese boy's name meaning “precious south, or (equally likely) precious son/man”. It appears in our list of 175+ Vietnamese Baby Names That Are Musical and Meaningful.

Meaning & Origin of Bảo Nam

Meaning: Precious south, or (equally likely) precious son/man.

Origin: Sino-Vietnamese.

A common claim: Usually glossed as 'precious south.' Actually: Plausible, but 'Nam' is an equally common homophone for 'male,' so 'precious son/man' is an equally likely reading without the underlying characters.

Popularity of Bảo Nam

Bảo Nam doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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