At a Glance: Name: Nhật – Meaning: sun, day – Origin: Sino-Vietnamese – Gender: Boy
Nhật is a Sino-Vietnamese boy's name meaning “sun, day”. It appears in our list of 175+ Vietnamese Baby Names That Are Musical and Meaningful.
Meaning & Origin of Nhật
Meaning: Sun, day.
Origin: Sino-Vietnamese.
A common claim: Sometimes associated with 'Japan' because 'Nhật' is also the Vietnamese syllable for Japan. Actually: As a standalone given name, Nhật means 'sun/day'; the 'Japan' sense only appears in specific compounds like 'Nhật Bản,' not as the meaning of the name on its own.
Source: Wiktionary.
Popularity of Nhật
Nhật 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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