Peng

Peng is a boy name of Chinese origin, meaning The mythical roc; a vast journey.

What Peng means

The mythical roc; a vast journey.

Peng is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.

Where Peng comes from

Chinese given names are chosen character by character, and the characters are picked for meaning, tone, and balance. Names are rarely drawn from a fixed list — most are composed fresh for the child.

Peng is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.

How popular is Peng?

You will not find Peng in the top 100 boy names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

The character of Peng

We group Peng under Sky. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.

Themes: Sky

Names like Peng

These share Peng's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
  • Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
  • Kaito — Ocean; to soar, to fly.
  • Noboru — To rise, to ascend.
  • Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
  • Riku — Land; sky.
  • Sho — To soar, to fly; to prosper.
  • Aarush — First ray of the sun.
  • Aditya — The sun.
  • Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
  • Arne — Eagle.
  • Bayu — Wind.

More Chinese names

  • Ning — Peaceful, tranquil.
  • Tao — Great waves.
  • Ming — Bright, brilliant.
  • Wei — Great, mighty.
  • Meilin — Beautiful and graceful jade.
  • Ya — Elegant, refined.
  • Long — Dragon.
  • Yan — Swallow bird; graceful.
  • Ling — Delicate; the tinkling of jade.
  • Yong — Brave, courageous.