Given name & surname
Dong
“born during the winter”
Dong is used as a given name and a surname. One Vietnamese interpretation is “born during the winter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Vietnamese interpretation is “born during the winter.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dong through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 318
- 318 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,051 as a first name in 2020; 18,669 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dong’s family of names
In English usage, Dong as a surname has a related form in DOONG. In English usage, Dong as a surname has a related form in DOONG. In Korean usage, Dong as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 董.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dong
- Dong Hyun KimSouth Korean mixed martial artistborn 1981
- Han DongChinese writerborn 1961
- Dong Abayartistborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Dong, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Tong
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>99% boys
Trong
“one who is respected”
>99% boys
Dang
“one who is praiseworthy”
98% boys · 2% girls
Danh
Danh is a surname.
>99% boys
Duong
Duong is a surname from Vietnamese, ultimately from Khmer. It is used in English, French, and Czech.
>99% boys
Phong
“of the wind”
>99% boys
Dinh
“one who is peaceful; calm”
>99% boys
Tin
“a great thinker”
>99% boys