Hung
Hung is a boy name of Vietnamese origin, meaning Brave, heroic.
What Hung means
Brave, heroic.
Hung is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Hung comes from
Vietnamese given names are ordinary words with clear meanings — flowers, virtues, natural features — chosen for what they say rather than inherited from a set of traditional names.
Hung is recorded as Vietnamese in origin. Browse other Vietnamese names.
How popular is Hung?
In the boy name rankings we track, Hung falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Hung
Two ideas meet in Hung: Brave and strength. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Hung
These share Hung's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
- Howard — Brave-hearted guardian.
- Archie — Truly bold and brave.
- Bernard — Brave as a bear.
- Leonard — Brave as a lion.
- Richard — Brave ruler; strong in power.
- Valentina — Strong, healthy, brave.
- Emery — Industrious ruler; brave.
- Hayato — Falcon person; swift.
- Anders — Manly, brave.
- Andreas — Manly, brave.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.