Given name

Hồng

Hồng is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hồng comes from Chinese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hồng’s family of names

In Vietnamese usage, Hồng shares an earlier linguistic root with Hường.

Walk Hồng’s family in the name graph

HồngHong紅Hường

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Hồng, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Chinese

Ông

Ông is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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Chinese

Đồng

Đồng is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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50% boys · 50% girls

Chinese

Đông

Đông is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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50% boys · 50% girls

Hakka

Hon

Hon is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Hakka. It is used in English, Indonesian, and Old Czech.

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71% boys · 29% girls

Chinese

Hàng

Hàng is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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Chinese

Hồ

Hồ is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

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Chinese

Thông

“pine”

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50% boys · 50% girls

Chinese

Khổng

Khổng is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Hồng’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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