Anh

Anh is a baby name of Vietnamese origin, meaning Bright; hero; flower petal.

What Anh means

Bright; hero; flower petal.

Anh is short — 3 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.

Where Anh comes from

Vietnamese given names are ordinary words with clear meanings — flowers, virtues, natural features — chosen for what they say rather than inherited from a set of traditional names.

Anh is recorded as Vietnamese in origin. Browse other Vietnamese names.

How popular is Anh?

You will not find Anh in the top 100 baby names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Anh

The thread we file Anh under is light and brightness — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Light

Names like Anh

These share Anh's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Minh — Bright, intelligent.
  • Akari — Light, brightness.
  • Akira — Bright, clear.
  • Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
  • Cahaya — Light.
  • Chen — Morning, dawn.
  • Hadar — Splendour; glory.
  • Haru — Spring; sunlight.
  • Hinata — Sunny place; toward the sun.
  • Lux — Light.
  • Nour — Light.
  • Sunny — Bright and cheerful as the sun.

More Vietnamese names

  • Duc — Virtue, morality.
  • Hoa — Flower.
  • Hung — Brave, heroic.
  • Huong — Fragrance, perfume.
  • Khanh — Prosperity; jade chime.
  • Kim — Gold.
  • Lien — Lotus.
  • Linh — Spirit, soul; clever.
  • Mai — Plum blossom; apricot flower.
  • Minh — Bright, intelligent.