Yonge as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Yonge

What is the meaning of the name Yonge ?

The baby name Yonge is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /jʌŋ/ ("YONG", rhymes with "young").

Yonge is English in Origin.

Yonge is a transferred surname given name of English origin, from Middle English yong(e), Old English geong, “young, youthful; junior.” It began as a distinguishing byname to separate father and son, later fixed as the hereditary surname Young/Yonge. The -e spelling appears in medieval records (e.g., 13th‑century Hundred Rolls) and persisted in southern England, notably Devon; bearers include the novelist Charlotte M. Yonge and Sir George Yonge, for whom Toronto’s Yonge Street is named.

As a first name, Yonge is rare and used mostly in Anglophone countries, often to honor a family surname or local heritage. Meaning centers on youthfulness and succession (“the younger”). Variants and cognates include Young, Younge, Younger, and the Scots style Younger; related forms in other languages are Junior and le Jeune. Not to be confused with East Asian Yong, which has separate origins and meanings.

⚙ Yonge is extremely rare. Across 9 countries, we found just 15 recorded uses of it.