Wang

• Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng)
• (Chinese surname): From Mandarin 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong and Vuong
  • As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.
• (Danish surname): From Danish Vang
• As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”).
• As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)).
• As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.

• IPA^(key): /wæŋ/
• IPA^(key): /wɔŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ, -ɔŋ
• Homophone: wang

Wang (plural Wangs)

1. Alternative form of Wangjam, a surname of Meitei origin.
2. Alternative form of Wangkheimayum, a surname of Meitei origin.
3. Alternative form of Wangkhem, a surname of Meitei origin.
4. Alternative form of Wangmayum, a surname of Meitei origin.
5. A surname from Chinese, derived from a common Chinese surname.
6. A surname from Korean.
7. A surname from Danish; variation of Vang.

• AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

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Wang n (proper noun, genitive Wangs or (optionally with an article) Wang)

1. a municipality of Lower Austria, Austria
2. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany

Wang

1. a surname, variant of Vang

Borrowed from Mandarin 王 (Wáng) and 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Ong, Wong, and Heng.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwaŋ/ [ˈwaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: Wang

Wang (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese surname from Mandarin

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wang is the 851^st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 10,891 individuals.