Around the world, 荡 (荡 
, Dàng 
, Dohng 
) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently feminine first name. The forename 荡 is habitual in China, where it is a rare largely masculine, but seldom female name, and Vietnam, where it is a very rare unisex name. Likewise, 荡 is the last name as well as the forename.
荡 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhou Tong , the Water Margin character and Luo Tong , the protagonist of historical novel "Luo Tong Exterminating the North", Tales of Tang.