The story behind Dung
Borrowed from Vietnamese Dung.
Other language forms and explanations (2)
English entry
Borrowed from Vietnamese Dũng.
Vietnamese entry
Sino-Vietnamese word from 容.
Pronunciation
US English (ARPAbet): D AH1 NG
Regional pronunciation variants
- Vietnamese; Hà-Nội: [zʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- Vietnamese; Huế: [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
- Vietnamese: [jʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
This is a US English dictionary reading of the spelling; personal pronunciations may differ. Digits mark stress: 0 is unstressed, 1 is primary, 2 is secondary. Pronunciation source and notation.
Popularity
Dung ranked #15753 in US for 2000.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Dung
Dũng
Sino-Vietnamese word from 勇.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Công
Sino-Vietnamese word from 公. Sino-Vietnamese word from 功.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Cường
Sino-Vietnamese word from 強.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Đông
Sino-Vietnamese word from 東.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hằng
Sino-Vietnamese word from 姮, from Hằng Nga (姮娥).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hồng
Sino-Vietnamese word from 紅, 洪, 鴻 and so on. Doublet of Hường.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Dung
Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace. a…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ajisai
/adisawi/ → /ad͡ʑisai/ From Old Japanese. Recorded in the Man'yōshū of c. 759 CE with the phonetic man'yōgana spellings 味狭藍 (adisawi) and 安治佐為 (adisawi), and in the Wamyō…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ali
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y). From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy). From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy) as a Muslim name. From…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Dung
Lulu
Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露 (lùlù, lùlu), 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name. *…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection
Yuri
* From Japanese ゆり (Yuri). * From Japanese ゆうり (Yūri). "Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里. Borrowed from Russian Ю́рий…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- compatible short style
- shared origin connection
Ajisai
/adisawi/ → /ad͡ʑisai/ From Old Japanese. Recorded in the Man'yōshū of c. 759 CE with the phonetic man'yōgana spellings 味狭藍 (adisawi) and 安治佐為 (adisawi), and in the Wamyō…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length