Given name & surname
Wong
“king”
Wong is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Chinese. It is used in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and Indonesian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Wong comes from Cantonese, and ultimately from Chinese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wong through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187
- 187 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1888
- 12 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 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1888. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 436 as a first name in 2020; 112,062 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.
Wong’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Wong as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Heng. In English usage, Wong as a surname has a related form in Huang. In English usage, Wong as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with WANG.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Wong has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.
10 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Hengdoublet · Tagalog
- Vuongdoublet · English
- Huynhdoublet · English
- Ongdoublet · Tagalog, Indonesian
- Wangdoublet · Tagalog, English
- Ngdoublet · Tagalog
- 王equivalent
- Hwangdoublet · Tagalog
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People named Wong
Characters named Wong: Wong (the Marvel Cinematic Universe).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Wong, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
君
“to exercise royal power; to be king; to reign”
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ᠸᠠᠩ
“king, prince”
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Ott
“a wealthy man”
>99% boys
Melchior
“the king of the city”
>99% boys
Wim
“one who is precise” · “will”
>99% boys
Baltasar
“baal protect the king”
>99% boys
Wille
“will” · “desire”
90% boys · 10% girls
Wills
“will” · “desire”
>99% boys