Quyên was born in 1932. Quyên's father was Soạn and his mother was Thanh Nguyễn như. His paternal grandparents were Huyên and Ruẩn Trần. He had three brothers and seven sisters, named Ấp, Thao, Thức, Đạm, Tiềm, Nhuận, Uông, Tân, Loan and Ty. He was the youngest of the eleven children.