The story behind Trang
Borrowed from Vietnamese Trang. Doublet of Zhuang.
Other language forms and explanations (1)
Vietnamese entry
Sino-Vietnamese word from 妝.
Pronunciation
US English (ARPAbet): T R AE1 NG
Regional pronunciation variants
- Vietnamese; Hà-Nội: [t͡ɕaːŋ˧˧]
- Vietnamese; Huế: [ʈaːŋ˧˧]
- Vietnamese: [ʈaːŋ˧˧]
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
Trang ranked #16617 in US for 2011.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Trang
Thắng
Sino-Vietnamese word from 勝.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Thông
Sino-Vietnamese word from 通 (“to pass through, to understand”) and 聰 (“clever, bright”), and non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 松 (“pine”, SV: tùng).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Thương
Sino-Vietnamese word from 商.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Thường
Sino-Vietnamese word from 常.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Trung
Sino-Vietnamese word from 中. Sino-Vietnamese word from 忠.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Trường
Sino-Vietnamese word from 長.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends G
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Trang
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
Ashita
Shift in meaning from 朝 (ashita, “next morning”), itself cognate with 朝 (asa, “morning”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 明日 (míngrì).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Asu
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation: * Possibly a shift from verb 明かす (akasu, “to pass”). *:…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Trang
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
Anh
Sino-Vietnamese word from 英. As for the country name, contracted from Chinese 英國 /英国 (Anh quốc, “United Kingdom”), from Chinese 英 (Anh) (as in Mandarin 英吉利 (Yīngjílì, Anh Cát…
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ánh
Sino-Vietnamese word from 映.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length