勇
given name · Han script
Meaning: from the descendants of King Xiong Yong of Chu; took Yong as surname
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries · latest register: ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008, 2005
勇 is a male given name written in the Han script, with more bearers in China than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 5.6K
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 15Kfew records
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #272 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 78 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈250,000 people, est.
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Macao, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from the descendants of King Xiong Yong of Chu; took Yong as surname
Cited for this meaning 1
- 新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)勇 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the cn-chinesenames register; 全國姓名統計分析 — National Name Statistical Analysis; siikamiika/japanese-family-names — myoji-yurai surname dataset. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)勇 is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Chinese, descended from the Mi clan; from King Yong of Chu
as a name中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
In Chinese, brave; courageous; valiant
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, brave
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
In Korean, hanja form of 용 (“bravery; courage”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, courage
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)7 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ChineseNames: household-registered population — surnames + given names (no time axis) | — | 2.4M | #6 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1975 | 811K | #1 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1985 | 711K | #3 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1995 | 354K | #12 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1965 | 340K | #2 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1955 | 98K | #30 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 2005 | 71K | #32 |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1947 | — | #9 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 2004 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1945 | — | — |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1946 | — | #8 |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1945 | — | #2 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name 勇 mean, and where does it come from?
- from the descendants of King Xiong Yong of Chu; took Yong as surname Recorded by 新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames).
- Is 勇 a male or female name?
- 勇 is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: China (ChineseNames: household-registered population).
- In which country does 勇 have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 252 thousand people named 勇 in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled 勇.
- How common is the name 勇?
- Mondonomo estimates about 250,000 people in China have 勇 as their first given name, about 1 in 5.6 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is 勇 compared with other names?
- In China, 勇 is the 12th most common given name of 2,567,387 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “勇” — the 12th most common given name in China. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.