Given name & surname · also Chinese

Cheong

Cheong is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Hokkien.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cheong comes from Cantonese, and ultimately from Hokkien.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cheong’s family of names

In English usage, Cheong as a surname has a related form in CHUNG.

Walk Cheong’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Chinese

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Chiong is a surname from Cantonese. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano.

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27% boys · 73% girls

Chinese

Chiang

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40% boys · 60% girls

Hakka

Choong

Choong is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Hakka.

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Chinese

Cheung

“having good fortune”

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53% boys · 47% girls

Chinese

Chieng

Chieng is a surname from Chinese.

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55% boys · 45% girls

Chinese

Chio

Chio is a surname from Cantonese.

No U.S. birth series

47% boys · 53% girls

Wade–Giles

Ch'en

Ch'en is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Wade–Giles.

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Wade–Giles

Chiu

Chiu is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Wade–Giles. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Cebuano.

No U.S. birth series

27% boys · 73% girls

Sibling ideas

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