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Goh Tong name meaning

  • 梧桐Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex)
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
G
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
1
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters梧桐
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Goh Tong

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Goh Tong is a Hokkien-spelled boy's name; written 梧桐 it is the name of the Chinese parasol tree.

Chinese characters for Goh Tong

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 梧桐

    Chinese parasol tree (Firmiana simplex)

    Hokkien gô͘/ngô͘ tông / Mandarin wú tóng

    attested

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 Goh Tong

Goh Tong is a boy's name in Hokkien spelling. The characters 梧桐 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; together they name the Chinese parasol tree, and their Hokkien readings gô͘ (or ngô͘) and tông fit the spelling. The spelling can stand for other characters too, so the meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsGoh + Tong

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 梧 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 桐 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 梧桐 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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