Yong

Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Chinese, Korean
Scripts 勇, 永, etc.(Chinese) 용(Korean Hangul) 勇, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced Pron. YUWNG(Chinese) YONG(Korean)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 勇 (yǒng) meaning "brave" or 永 (yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal" [1]. This can also be a single-character Korean name, for example from the hanja 勇 meaning "brave". This name can be formed by other characters besides those listed here.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesYū, Yuu(Japanese) Dũng(Vietnamese)
Other ReadingsIsamu(Japanese)

People think this name is

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Categories

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Sources & References

  1. Lin Shan. What's in a Chinese Name. Federal Publications, 1986, page 131.
Entry updated February 4, 2020