Nga
given name · Vietnamese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nga is a given name, most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is the 45th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Vietnamese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: only used in tố nga (“the moon”).
- VNVietnam1 in 251◐
- HKHong Kong1 in 2K
- USUnited States1 in 39K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈9.0K ●
- Sources
- 188 ●
- 1 in 27K ◐
across 9 countries
176K records
Official registry-verified
Iceland
Meaning & origin●
only used in tố nga (“the moon”).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | #45 | 338,993 | 152K rec. | — | listed | Nga | 188 |
| US United States | — | 8,595 | 19K rec. | 1 in 39K | 8.6K | Nga | 125 |
| HK Hong Kong | #106 | 1,828 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Nga | 65 |
| TW Taiwan | — | 1,788 | 23 rec. | — | — | Nga | 32 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 1,180 | 1.1K rec. | — | — | Nga | 31 |
| CA Canada | — | 905 | 928 rec. | — | 1 | Nga | 25 |
| MY Malaysia | — | 343 | 397 rec. | — | — | Nga | 30 |
| CN China | — | 224 | 145 rec. | — | — | Nga | 30 |
| SE Sweden | — | 204△ | 25 rec. | 1 in 50K | 204 | — | 7 |
| SG Singapore | — | 143 | 191 rec. | — | — | Nga | 16 |
| RU Russia | — | 72 | 136 rec. | — | — | Nga | 10 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 69 | 80 rec. | 1 in 250K | 69 | — | 9 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Vietnamese350K77%
- English56K12%
- 10K2%
- Spanish6.6K1%
- Chinese6K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 350,015 | 77% |
| English | 56,100 | 12% |
| 10,387 | 2% | |
| Spanish | 6,603 | 1% |
| Chinese | 5,979 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Nga is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Initialism of National Governors Association.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, weibl. Vom., schwedische Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In men, (1) To form the plural number of nouns denoting animated be- ings, as, mahanga, kings ; kondonea, locusts ; ndé. nga, brethren. (2) Con- nected with verbsitforms the definite present tense, as, ndénga, to have told; denga, to have climbed, mounted ; tonga, to have
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In lua, else, more, some one or something else, several, part (some), n. . . . n., the one . . . the other, some . . . others, several .. . several.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In cdo, that which provokes, detestable, a stone roller, to polish by rubbing, to smooth
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 26 |
| 2000 | 28 |
| 2001 | 31 |
| 2002 | 32 |
| 2003 | 35 |
| 2004 | 35 |
| 2005 | 35 |
| 2006 | 37 |
| 2007 | 38 |
| 2008 | 42 |
| 2009 | 42 |
| 2010 | 44 |
| 2011 | 43 |
| 2012 | 44 |
| 2013 | 43 |
| 2014 | 45 |
| 2015 | 45 |
| 2016 | 45 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 47 |
| 2020 | 51 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Duong Van Ngab. 952VNVietnamese empress
- France Nuyenb. 1939FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress
- Thanh Ngab. 1942VNcairojess artist and elite artist, queen of stage in south region Vietnam
- Tiana Alexandrab. 1961USnot in their usual nameVietnamese-American actress
- Châu Thị Thu Ngab. 1965VNVietnamese businessperson and politician
- Nguyen Thien Ngab. 1976VNVietnamese beauty pageant contestant
- Trần Thị Ngab. 1977VNVietnamese politician
- Nguyễn Linh Ngab. 1982VNAmerican-Vietnamese film director, film producer, actress, screenwriter and news anchor
- Trương Hồ Phương Ngab. 1987VNVietnamese actress
- Bùi Thị Ngàb. 1994VNVietnamese volleyball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 33 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 8.6K | #2,638 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 408 | #2,638 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 204 | #5,164 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 197 | #98,501 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 183 | #3,660 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 166 | #5,477 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 133 | #128,249 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 69 | #6,946 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 61 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 51 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 50 | #2,303 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 50 | #2,303 |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 84 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Nga?
- We estimate roughly 9.0 thousand people bear Nga (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
- In which country does Nga have the most bearers?
- Nga is most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is most often spelled nga.
- How common is Nga compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Nga is the 45th most common given name of 72,115 given names recorded there.
- Is Nga a male or female name?
- Nga is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Nga mean?
- Recorded meaning: only used in tố nga (“the moon”).
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nga” — the 45th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.