mostly, they name their children as what they wish for and expect from their children. for example: for the boy: Hùng, Dũng, Mạnh..: strong. Phú, Quý...: rich Minh, Trí...: about intelectual for the girl: Thảo, Hạnh, Trúc, Mai...: be a good girl.. they also can be named after something in natural such as: Sơn (mountain: stable, strong), Hải(sea:power, big think), Ngọc (pearl:brightly), Dương ( the son: brightly, power), Thu (fall: beautiful, gentle)... however, in this case, parents also wish their children have the characteristic of these things. beside that, some parent come to pagoda to looking for their children name. in sort, almost name in Vietnamese have meaning. and the middle name depend on the name to complete the meaning or for a good sound. hope it is useful.

Well, it depends a lot :D Some parents ask for suggestion from relatives and close friends. Then they consider the meaning and the suitability with the family as they may want to avoid the namesake to close ancestors or relatives. Some parents even ask fortuneteller to decide the name based on the birth's time to support the child's future. Some parents they use the context in which the child is born to name (place, time, etc...) But in general, people always consider the combination of middle name and given name as it may have negative or hirarious meaning.

Hi, Most common middle name for boys is "Văn" (literature, cultural) Other than that we have "Minh" (light, smart), "Anh" (smart, good looking), "Hoàng" (precious, golden), Bảo (precious). Many more. Most common middle name for girls is "Thị" (female). Others are "Kim" (gold), Xuân (spring), Như (as..), Ngọc (precious stone) and other flower names. Rule: Usually parents can give their kids two names: home name and school name (real name). Home name: Before people believe pretty children with pretty name can be taken by "gods / devils" of sickness or bad luck. So they give kids the urgliest name they can think of so those gods and devils wouldn't pay attention to their kids when parents call them. Now, people take cute names, "susu", "cat", "rabbit", "piggy" or their favorite Korean celebrities's names. For some ethinical people they even name their kids electronic's branches as "Samsung", "Motorola" or even names in the bible. SCHOOL NAME (real name) . According to Ying yang, male names are in odd number, female's in even number. . It's common to take the two family names of the parents to be the middle name. . Husband's family way of naming passed down for generations. "Lê Công Anh"(great grandpa)----> Lê Công Hoàng (grandpa) ---> Lê Công Tuấn (papa) ---> Lê Công Khải (child). (family's tree can track back to a thousand year). . Parents name their kid by something that means something to them (where they first met, their favorite poet, where they conceived the child) or how they wish their kid to become. Ex: Male: Khôi, Anh, Tuấn: handsome Hoàng, Tài, Phú: weathy Hiếu, Trung, Nghĩa, Ân: loyal, respectful, family oriented. . Many now like to take a look at numberology before deciding the names for their kids. Names are carefully choosen. We believe the name makes the fate, the name shows the person. So each part of the name is selected in order to make a harmonious name of Ying and Yang, solidity and flexibility.

That's an interesting question. The answer depend on individual, sometimes name of a child is decided by meaning, and his parent's hope For me as example, my name is Lộc, in English it means Luck, my dad said to me that I got that name because he hope that I will be lucky when i grow :) The most common middle nam is VĂN (liter - literature) and first name is very variety,

Because the answer is too long I have to separate it into two parts.