Bóng

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a ball

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Bóng is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 168K(measured from records)
  • ISIceland1 in 351K
  • SESweden1 in 352K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,984 people, 2020

Sources
51 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 168K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bong in US United States, NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a ball

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bóng 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.

Where Bóng is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,9841 in 168K1.3KBong51
SE Sweden291 in 352K29—1
BR Brazil241 in 8.8M59—1
NL Netherlands171 in 1M53Bong6
PL Poland91 in 4.3M9——
DK Denmark71 in 838K4——
IS Iceland11 in 351K1——

1,984 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bóng is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Bong, Boeng, Bống, Bông, Bỏng

  • a separate name10 spellings in the group

    Also written Bông, Bong, Bốņg, Bổng, Bỏng

  • Spanish given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Argentina, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bong, Bông, Bòng, Bọng, Bổng

  • Thai given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Bong, โบง, โบ้ง, Bống, Böńĝ

  • Turkish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Bong, Bống, Bông, Bỏng

9 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Bóng 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 Bóng mean, and where does it come from?
a ball Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Bóng a male or female name?
Bóng is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Bóng have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Bóng, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bong.
Where is Bóng most common?
Bóng is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 168 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Bóng?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,984 people named Bóng in 2020, about 1 in 168 thousand residents.

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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, “Bóng”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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