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Huy - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Huy

[ syll. huy, hu-y ] The boy name Huy is pronounced HHUW- KEY. Huy's language of origin is Vietnamese and it is also used mainly in the Vietnamese language. The meaning of the name is 'glorious, radiant as sunlight'.

Huy is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the modest height of its usage in 1982, 0.004% of baby boys were given the name Huy. It was #997 in rank then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is currently of sporadic use. Within all boy names in its family, Huy was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Huy include Hieu (Vietnamese), Hu, Hai (Vietnamese), Haie (Dutch), Hao (Chinese), Hau (Vietnamese), Haye (Dutch), Hew (Welsh), Hewe (Spanish), Ho, Howe, Hugh (English), Huw (Welsh), Hy (Vietnamese), Jai (Indian), Haoa (Hawaiian), Hewie (English), Hoa (Vietnamese), Howi, and Howie (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Huy: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)"


 
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Meaning of Huy