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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon.
- As a Chinese surname, spelling variant of Yang.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Young (countable and uncountable, plural Youngs)
- A surname.
- A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.
- A surname from Chinese.
- A placename
- A town in the region of the South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
- A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay.
- Ellipsis of Young County.
- Ellipsis of Young Parish.
- Ellipsis of Young Shire.
- Ellipsis of Young Township.
- Ellipsis of Young River.
- Ellipsis of Young Lake.
- Ellipsis of Mount Young.
Derived terms[edit]
- County of Young
- Lake Young
- Mount Young
- Parish of Young
- River Young
- Shire of Young
- Township of Young
- Young County
- Young Crater
- Youngian
- Young Island
- Young Lake
- Young-Laplace equation
- Young Mountain
- Young Parish
- Young Point
- Young River
- Youngshire
- Young Shire
- Young Sound
- Youngstown
- Young symmetrizer
- Young tableau
- Young Township
Related terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Young is the 32nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 484,447 individuals. Young is most common among White (66.3%) and Black/African American (24.7%) individuals.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Young”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Young
- a surname from Hokkien
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Young.
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈjaŋ/, [ˈjaŋ]
- Rhymes: -aŋ
Proper noun[edit]
Young (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜅ᜔)
- a surname from Hokkien
See also[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Chinese
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ʌŋ
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from nicknames
- English surnames from Chinese
- en:Towns in New South Wales
- en:Towns in Australia
- en:Places in New South Wales
- en:Places in Australia
- en:Villages in Saskatchewan
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Saskatchewan
- en:Places in Canada
- en:Unincorporated communities in Arizona, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Census-designated places in Arizona, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Arizona, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- en:Cities in Uruguay
- en:Places in Uruguay
- English ellipses
- Cebuano terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Cebuano terms derived from Hokkien
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano surnames
- Cebuano surnames from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien
- Tagalog 1-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/aŋ/1 syllable
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog surnames
- Tagalog surnames from Hokkien