Tchang as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tchang

What is the meaning of the name Tchang ?

The baby name Tchang is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin (pinyin 'Zhang'): /tʂáŋ/ — approx. 'jahng',Older/English romanizations (e.g. 'Chang'): /tʃæŋ/ or /tʃɑːŋ/ — approx. 'chang',French-style 'Tchang' may be pronounced /tʃɑ̃/ (nasal) in French contexts.

Tchang is Chinese in Origin.

Tchang is a francophone transliteration of several Chinese names rendered in older systems as Chang and in modern pinyin as Zhang or Chang. The French "tch-" was used to represent the Mandarin affricates zh- and ch-, so Tchang most commonly corresponds to the surname 張 (Zhang) but can also map to 常 (Chang) or 章 (Zhang). As a given name outside Chinese contexts it is rare and typically chosen as a cross-cultural homage rather than a traditional Han given name.

The form became familiar in the French-speaking world in the 20th century through Herge's character and real-life friend "Tchang Tchong-Jen" (based on the artist Zhang Chongren). Variants include Zhang (pinyin), Chang (Wade-Giles), Cheung (Cantonese), and cognates such as Vietnamese Truong and Korean Jang for 張. Meaning depends on the hanzi: 張 evokes "to stretch, expand; bow," 章 "chapter, emblem," and 常 "constant, enduring."

⚙ Tchang barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 12 recorded uses, across 6 countries.