Given name & surname · also Vietnamese
Duong
Duong is a surname from Vietnamese, ultimately from Khmer. It is used in English, French, and Czech.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Duong comes from Vietnamese, and ultimately from Khmer.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Vietnamese Dương, from Khmer ដួង, from Khmer ឌួង.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duong through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 164 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 15 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 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,148 as a first name in 2020; 28,934 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.
Duong’s family of names
In French usage, Duong as a surname was borrowed from the Vietnamese form Dương. In English usage, Duong as a surname was borrowed from the Khmer form ដួង. In English usage, Duong as a surname was borrowed from the Khmer form ឌួង.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Duong, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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“one who is peaceful; calm”
>99% boys
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>99% boys
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