Minh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Minh

What is the meaning of the name Minh ?

The baby name Minh is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /miŋ˧/.

Minh is Chinese, Vietnamese in Origin.

Minh is a Vietnamese given name from the Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 明, an ancient graph also written 朙 in early Chinese script and reconstructed in Old Chinese as *mraŋ. Its standard components are 日 sun and 月 moon; the lexical sense is bright or clear, later extending to lucid, enlightened, or intelligent. Vietnamese treats Minh as a single syllable, with the final nasal represented by nh.

As a Vietnamese personal name, Minh appears in male and female naming, though modern public bearers are often men, including emperor Minh Mạng and revolutionary Hồ Chí Minh, who adopted Chí Minh as a political name. It also occurs in compounds such as Minh Hằng or Nhật Minh. Cognate East Asian readings include Chinese Ming and Korean Myeong or Myung; Japanese names written 明 may be read Akira. Diaspora use follows Vietnamese communities rather than separate English naming fashion.