Worldwide, 鸿源 (Hongyuan 
, 鸿源 ) is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently feminine first name. The first name 鸿源 is habitual in China, where it is a rare primarily male, but very infrequently feminine name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, 鸿源 is the last name as well as the forename.