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Hong Chong name meaning

  • 鴻宗swan goose; great; ancestors, family
  • 宏聰vast, great; intelligent
  • 鴻崇swan goose; great; lofty, revered
Letters
9
Syllables
2
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien, Teochew
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters鴻宗宏聰鴻崇
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Hong Chong

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: H

Hong Chong is a Chinese given name whose meaning depends on the characters; for example 鴻宗 means 'swan goose; great; ancestors, family'.

Chinese characters for Hong Chong

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

  • 鴻宗

    swan goose; great; ancestors, family

    Hokkien hông chong / Teochew hong5 zong1

  • 宏聰

    vast, great; intelligent

    Hokkien hông chhong / Teochew hong5 cong1

  • 鴻崇

    swan goose; great; lofty, revered

    Hokkien hông chông / Teochew hong5 cong5

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 Hong Chong

Hong Chong is a romanized Chinese given name, most likely from Hokkien or Teochew. Hong is the reading of 鴻 (great) or 宏 (vast), while Chong can stand for 宗 (ancestors), 聰 (intelligent) or 崇 (lofty). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien, Teochew
PartsHong + Chong
First letterChinese Names starting with H

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 鴻 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 宗 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 宏 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 聰 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 崇 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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