Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Pheng isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pheng through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 436
- 436 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 31 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 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,103 as a first name in 2020; 531 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.
Pheng’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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 Pheng, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Felipe
“one who loves horses”
>99% boys
Bryant
Bryant is a masculine given name from Irish.
>99% boys
Pierre
“as solid and strong as a rock”
>99% boys
Stephan
“crowned with garland”
>99% boys
Terrance
“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys
Devante
“one who fights wrongdoing”
>99% boys
Derick
“the ruler of the tribe”
>99% boys
Terrell
“one who is stubborn” · “a powerful man”
>99% boys