Gòng

given name · Latin script

Gòng is a given name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Chinese M' the origin of this surname dates back to the time of the legendary emperor Huang Di (2697-2595 BC).

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Meaning & origin

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Chinese M' the origin of this surname dates back to the time of the legendary emperor Huang Di (2697-2595 BC). An adviser held the surname Gonggong, comprised of two different characters that are pronounced Gong in modem Chinese. The first of these characters served as the basis for two later surnames: some descendants combined the symbol for ‘water’ with that for Gong, creating the surname Hong (see Hong 1); others added the character for ‘dragon’, creating the surname Gong.

Cited for this meaning 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.

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Notable people with this name

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1400145015001550Yang Gong, b. 1407Bian Gong, b. 1476Qian Gong, b. 1526

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence

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No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gòng under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gòng mean, and where does it come from?
Chinese M' the origin of this surname dates back to the time of the legendary emperor Huang Di (2697-2595 BC). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 2 other sources.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gòng”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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