Kaung

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Kaung is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.4K records spelled Kaung5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Käuñg, Käűñg

• a separate given name51 records spelled Kaung2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Kāung

• Arabic given name49 records spelled Kaung2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Qatar, Egypt

  Also written Kãûńg

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Kaung is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In cdo, to confine, to impoverish, exhausted | a weary, poor, sad, in extremities

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, to lift, to raise with hand, to oppose to resist, to protect, to store up

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, a pair, to match, to oppose, to dislike ' strong

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, at extremities

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, half asleep

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In wuu, Rectum

  as a word·An English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 13 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Kaung?

We estimate roughly 13 people bear Kaung (counting its spellings and scripts) across 3 countries in our records.

In which country does Kaung have the most bearers?

Kaung is most frequently recorded in Myanmar (Burma), where it is most often spelled kaung.

How common is Kaung compared with other names?

In Myanmar (Burma), Kaung is the 19th most common given name of 9,034 given names recorded there.

Is Kaung a male or female name?

Kaung is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.