Names of Vietnam
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Throughout its history, Vietnam has been referred to by many names, either for the whole country or parts of it.
Plaque of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in Beijing, being inscribed in standard Vietnamese and Chinese.
The endonym Vietnam was supposedly coined by 16th century poet Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm.
![10th century brick with Chữ Hán inscription: 大越國軍城塼 "Brick [to build] the Đại Việt State's military forts"](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t_qu%E1%BB%91c_qu%C3%A2n_th%C3%A0nh_chuy%C3%AAn.JPG/500px-%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t_qu%E1%BB%91c_qu%C3%A2n_th%C3%A0nh_chuy%C3%AAn.JPG)
10th century brick with Chữ Hán inscription: 大越國軍城塼 "Brick [to build] the Đại Việt State's military forts"
Scholar consensus believes that the exonym of Yue, Yueh, and Viet peoples are related to their notorious axes. A bronze ax from Dong Son burial site, Thanh Hoa, North-central Vietnam, dated 500 BC.
Đại Việt
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Đại Việt was the official name of multiple Vietnamese monarchies in eastern Mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered around the region of present-day Hanoi.
Names of Vietnam
…was called Văn Lang during the Hồng Bàng dynasty, Âu Lạc under Thục dynasty, Nam Việt during the Triệu dynasty, Vạn Xuân during the Early Lý dynasty, Đại Cồ Việt during the Đinh dynasty and Early Lê dynasty. Starting in 1054, the country was called Đại Việt (Great Việt). During the Hồ dynasty, Vietnam was called…
Sculpture of Đinh Bộ Lĩnh in Hoa Lư temple (c. 17th century)
Statue of Ly Cong Uan (974–1028) in Bac Ninh
Remnants of Dạm Pagoda (built in emperor Lý Nhân Tông's era, early 12th century)
Luqīn (Annam/Đại Việt) and Sanf (Champa) are shown in the bottom right of the Tabula Rogeriana, drawn by al-Idrisi for Roger II of Sicily in 1154.