弘
given name · Han script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
弘 is a given name written in the Han script, most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is the 54th most common given name. In Chinese, recorded as from the Ji clan; descendants of a Wei noble took an ancestor’s courtesy name 弘 as surname.
- JPJapan
- SGSingapore
- CNChina
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 40 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Ji clan; descendants of a Wei noble took an ancestor’s courtesy name 弘 as surname
Sources 1
- 新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How 弘 is read(measured from records)
弘 is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Chinese66%
from the Ji clan; descendants of a Wei noble took an ancestor’s courtesy name 弘 as surname
as a name新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames)
ancient surname; attested in Han texts, with early bearers like 弘演
as a name新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames)
to spread; to enlarge; to expand
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
vast
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
- Japanese34%
to spread
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
弘 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
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 jp-meiji-yasuda-baby-names register; the cn-chinesenames register; DSEC Macau — NameStatistic surname sweep (2025 register lookup). 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)
弘 is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Korean, hanja form of 홍 (“big”)
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 2004 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: household-registered population — surnames + given names (no time axis) | — | — | — |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1947 | — | #5 |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1995 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1985 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1975 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1965 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1945 | — | — |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1946 | — | #4 |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1945 | — | #8 |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1944 | — | #8 |
| JP Japan | Meiji Yasuda Life — Annual baby name ranking (1912–present) | 1943 | — | #9 |
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 弘 mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Ji clan; descendants of a Wei noble took an ancestor’s courtesy name 弘 as surname Recorded by 新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames).
- Is 弘 a male or female name?
- 弘 is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does 弘 have the most bearers?
- 弘 is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled 弘.
- How common is 弘 compared with other names?
- In Japan, 弘 is the 54th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about 弘?
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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, “弘” — the 54th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.