Yong
Yong is a boy name of Chinese origin, meaning Brave, courageous.
What Yong means
Brave, courageous.
Yong is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Yong 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.
Yong is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Yong?
Yong is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Yong is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Yong
Yong sits in our Brave group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Brave
Names like Yong
These share Yong's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Anders — Manly, brave.
- Andreas — Manly, brave.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
- Isamu — Courage, bravery.
- Leonardo — Brave as a lion.
- Wyatt — Brave in war.
- Andrei — Manly and brave.
- Andres — Manly, brave.
- Andrew — Manly and brave.
- Arash — Hero; bright.
- Archie — Truly bold and brave.