Húng
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Lamiales plants of various kinds, often used as culinary herbs
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Húng is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country, where it is the 11th most common given name.
- VNVietnam≈1 in 121(inferred from the name graph)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 444
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 653
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 267 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 121 (inferred from the name graph)
≈810,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vietnam, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Hung in VN Vietnam, US United States, HK Hong Kong and 4 more.
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)
Lamiales plants of various kinds, often used as culinary herbs
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Húng 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | #11 | ≈810,000 est. | ≈1 in 121 | listed | Hung | 229 |
| CN China | — | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Hung | 82 |
| TW Taiwan | #818 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 653 | — | Hung | 175 |
| US United States | — | 18,256 | 1 in 18K | 17K | Hung | 267 |
| AO Angola | #607 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | — | Hung | 3 |
| HK Hong Kong | #12 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 444 | — | Hung | 142 |
| MO Macao | #20 | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Hung | 5 |
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. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Emperor Ling of Hanb. 156not in their usual nameEmperor of the Han dynasty from 168 to 189
- Cao Hongb. 169not in their usual nameChinese military general (died 232)
- Murong Hongb. 355not in their usual nameChinese prince
- Yao Hongb. 388not in their usual nameLater Qin Emperor
- Pak Hongb. 1534not in their usual nameJoseon military official
- Susan Whitfieldb. 1960GBnot in their usual nameEnglish historian
- Huang Hongb. 1960CNnot in their usual nameChinese actor, writer and film director
- Chen Hongb. 1979CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
- Zhou Hongb. 1987CNnot in their usual nameactor
- Li Hongnot in their usual nameTang China
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(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Húng mean, and where does it come from?
- Lamiales plants of various kinds, often used as culinary herbs Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Húng a male or female name?
- Húng 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 Húng have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 813 thousand people named Húng in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hung.
- How common is the name Húng?
- In the United States, the national register counted 18,256 people named Húng in 2020, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.
- How common is Húng compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Húng is the 11th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.
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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, “Húng” — the 11th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.