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Phuc
How to Pronounce Phuc
Pronounced FOOK /ΛfΚk/Medium
Meaning: Phuc renders the Vietnamese name Phuc, meaning blessing, good fortune, or happiness; it is a meaningful and honorable Vietnamese boys' name, drawn from a character long associated with prosperity and well-being.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Phuc entered American records with Vietnamese immigration after the nineteen-seventies. It has stayed rare in the United States, touching a modest high around 1982 within a small community of families.
It was never common here, given to only a couple dozen boys a year even at its peak, and it remains most at home within Vietnamese American families. A boy named Phuc at that high would be in his forties today. The name carries a warm, hopeful meaning and is voiced in one syllable close to FOOK.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Phuc mean?
It is a Vietnamese name meaning blessing, good fortune, or happiness.
How do you pronounce Phuc?
It is said in one syllable close to FOOK /ΛfΚk/; the respelling is provided so it is voiced correctly and with respect.
Is Phuc a boy or girl name?
Phuc is used as a boy's name in Vietnamese.
How popular is Phuc?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only a couple dozen boys a year at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.