Entry № 5007 · Other origin

Oanh Oanh — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ WAHN /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Oriole / songbird (Vietnamese foundational)"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Vietnamese)

A name that means "oriole / songbird (vietnamese foundational)".

Oanh is from the Vietnamese Oanh (鶯 — oriole). A modern American baby name in the broader Vietnamese heritage aesthetic. Oanh is one of the foundational Vietnamese feminine names — central to traditional Vietnamese poetic bird-naming heritage appearing in Nguyễn Du's foundational Truyện Kiều (1820). Notable bearer: Phạm Thị Oanh — foundational Vietnamese rower + first Vietnamese rower at the Olympics (Tokyo 2020).

Featured throughout Vietnamese heritage.

Oriole (Vietnamese). Foundational Vietnamese + Nguyễn Du Truyện Kiều 1820 + Phạm Thị Oanh first Vietnamese rower Olympics Tokyo 2020.

The name in its native script.

Oanh
Transliteration
Oanh
Pronunciation
/ wɑːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Oanh stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Oanh · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Oanhs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Oanh
Vietnamese oriole.

Names connected to Oanh.

The number behind Oanh.

6

The Nurturer

Oanh reduces to six.

Why families chose this name.

"Vietnamese oriole. Four letters. Oanh."
Linh · Mother of one · Hanoi