Hello, I'm looking for baby names that are of Vietnamese origin but
are easy for Americans to pronounce.  Vietnamese names are difficult
to pronounce because of accent marks.  However, there are some Vietnamese 
names that don't have accent marks and Americans have no trouble
pronouncing them correctly.  An example is Kim.  It's pronounced the
same way by native Vietnamese speakers as well as Americans.
I'd like to get more examples of that.  Thank you.

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Request for Question Clarification by secret901-ga on 30 Jan 2006 17:50 PST

Hi donluan-ga,

Having a name that begins with a "D" that constantly gets
mispronounced like a "?", not to mention being mistaken for a much
more popular name with a different tone, I can understand your fears. 
Are you looking for girl names or boy names? How many names would you
consider adequate?

Thanks,
secret901-ga

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Clarification of Question by donluan-ga on 30 Jan 2006 18:59 PST

Hello secret901-ga,  since we don't know whether it'll be a boy or a
girl, I'm looking both boy and girl names.  I'd like 3 of each (for a
total of 6).

Thank you.

Hi donluan-ga,

Below are some names that are written the same with and without
diacritical marks and that are easy for Americans to pronounce
Lan (girl)
Nam (boy)
Mai (girl)
Sam (boy)
An (boy)
Long (boy)
Lam (girl)

Additionally, here are some names that might be harder for Americans
to pronounce but are also written the same without diacritical marks.
Minh (boy)
Linh (boygirl)
Hoa (girl)
Trang (girl)
Thanh (boygirl)
Khanh (girl)
Quang (boy)
Vinh (boy)
Thu (girl)
Nhung (girl)
Phong (boy)

Here are also some names that might lose a diacritical mark when
Westernized, but should still be easily pronounced
H?i (boy)
S?n (boy)
Tú (boy)
Thái (boy)
Châu (girl)
Khôi (boy)
Hà (girl)

I hope this exceeds your expectations.  If you need more names, please
request for it before rating this answer.

secret901-ga

Search strategy:
Searched for Nguyen and looked at the names mentioned.

Thanks!  That exceeded my expectation.