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Chee Keong name meaning

  • 志強aspiration, will; strong
  • 智強wisdom; strong
  • 自強self; strong
Letters
9
Syllables
2
First letter
C
Romanization
Cantonese, Hokkien
Character options
3
Category
Chinese Names
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters志強智強自強
Peak 1970s: 22%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s7.2%
1960s21.3%
1970s22%
1980s17.8%
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Chinese Names: C

Chee Keong is a Chinese boy's name from Cantonese, Hokkien or Hakka; written 志強, it means 'aspiration; strong'.

Chinese characters for Chee Keong

This spelling is common in Cantonese, Hokkien and Hakka romanization.

  • 志強

    aspiration, will; strong

    Cantonese zi3 koeng4 / Hokkien chì kiông / Hakka chṳ khiòng

  • 智強

    wisdom; strong

    Cantonese zi3 koeng4 / Hakka chṳ khiòng

  • 自強

    self; strong

    Cantonese zi6 koeng4

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Chee Keong

Chee Keong can come from Cantonese, Hokkien or Hakka. 志強 is read zi3 koeng4 in Cantonese, chì kiông in Hokkien and chṳ khiòng in Hakka; 智強 (wisdom; strong) fits Cantonese and Hakka, and 自強 (self; strong) is a Cantonese option. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1970s with 2,405 baby boys. The real meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese, Hokkien, Hakka
PartsChee + Keong
First letterChinese Names starting with C

Chee Keong in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
Boy: 648 · 7.2%
1960s
Boy: 1,890 · 21.3%
1970s
Boy: 2,405 · 22%
1980s
Boy: 1,344 · 17.8%
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Chee Keong as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 志 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 志 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 強 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 強 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 智 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 智 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 自 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 自 · mdbg.net · meaning

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