Nhật-Linh was born in 1954. Nhật-Linh's father was Cừ and his mother was Nho Đào thị. His paternal grandparents were Thích and Dưỡng Nguyễn. He has two brothers named Đào and Phước. He is the youngest of the three children. He has two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Hòe, Huệ, Xuân-Thu, Xuân-Mai and Xuân-Hồng.