Jong as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jong

What is the meaning of the name Jong ?

The baby name Jong is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Korean IPA: [tɕoŋ] — approx. 'jong' (rhymes with 'song' but with initial 'j' as in 'judge'). Dutch surname approx. 'yong' [jɔŋ]..

Jong is Korean in Origin.

Jong is a cross-cultural given name and surname. In Korean, Jong (종) functions as a masculine given-name element or a single-syllable name; its sense depends on the hanja selected, commonly 鐘 “bell; resonant,” 鍾 “to concentrate; cherish,” 宗 “ancestral; principal,” or 種 “seed; kind.” It featured widely in mid- to late-20th-century two-syllable compounds (e.g., Jong-su, Jong-hyun). As a surname, Jong often reflects the North Korean romanization of 정 (more often Jeong/Jung/Chung in the South).

In Sinitic languages, Jong can represent Cantonese or Hakka romanizations of surnames like 鍾 or 宗; the standard Mandarin form is Zhong, with Chung/Chong as other Latinized variants. In Dutch/Afrikaans, jong means “young,” most familiar in the surname De Jong, and only rarely used as a given name. Variants and related spellings include Jong, Chong, Chung, Jung, Jeong, and Zhong.