Wang

See also: wang, wáng, wàng, Wáng, wāng, and wǎng

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæŋ/, /wɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ, -ɔŋ
• Homophone: wang

Etymology 1

From Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong.

As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.

Proper noun

Wang (plural Wangs)

1. A surname from Chinese.
2. A surname from Korean [in turn from Chinese].

Translations

Chinese surname

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 王 (wong⁴)

  Mandarin: 王 (zh) (Wáng)

• Japanese: 王 (ja) (おう, Ō), ワン (ja) (Wan) (transliteration)
• Korean: 왕(王) (ko) (Wang)
• Manchu: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang)
• Mongolian:

  Classical Mongolian: ᠸᠠᠩ (wang)

• Russian: Ван (ru) (Van)
• Tibetan: ཝང (wang)
• Vietnamese: Vương (王 (vi))

Etymology 2

As a Danish surname, from Vang.

As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”).

As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)).

As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.

Proper noun

Wang (plural Wangs)

1. A surname from Danish, variant of Vang.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng).

Proper noun

Wang

1. A Meitei surname from Manipuri, variant of Wangjam, Wangkheimayum, Wangkheimayum, or Wangmayum.

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Wang n (proper noun, genitive Wangs or (optionally with an article) Wang)

1. a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
2. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany

Norwegian

Proper noun

Wang

1. a surname, variant of Vang

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 王 (Wáng) and 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Ong, Wong, and Heng.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋ/ [ˈwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Wang

Proper noun

Wang (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wang is the 851^st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,891 individuals.