Given name & surname
Young
“one who is prosperous”
Young is used as a given name and a surname. One Korean interpretation is “one who is prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Korean interpretation is “one who is prosperous.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Korean.
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
Young through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,764
- 2,234 boys · 530 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 60 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,168 as a first name in 2020; 468,920 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.
Young’s family of names
In English usage, Young as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Jung. Young has a related form in Yung. In Filipino usage, Young as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Yang.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Young has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Korean roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 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 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Young
- Young KimAmerican politicianborn 1962
- Tim HutchinsonAmerican politicianborn 1949
- Young ChimodziMalawian footballerborn 1961
- Young John AllenAmerican missionary in China (1836-1907)
- Arnold TuckerAmerican football player (1924-2019)
- Young HarrisAmerican lawyer, businessman, politician, judge, and philanthropist1812–1894
- Young Man KangKorean film directorborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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