Wang

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

From Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong.

As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.

Wang (plural Wangs)

1. A surname from Chinese.
2. A surname from Korean [in turn from Chinese].

As a Danish surname, from 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.

Wang (plural Wangs)

1. A surname from Danish, variant of Vang.

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng).

Wang

1. A Meitei surname from Manipuri, variant of Wangjam, Wangkheimayum, Wangkheimayum, or Wangmayum.

• 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.