Quang

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology 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◐

Quang is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name255K records spelled Quang45 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore

  Also written Qûąňģ, Q̶̷̸̲̅u̶̷̸̲̅a̶̷̸̲̅n̶̷̸̲̅g̶̷̸̲̅, ̶Q̶u̶a̶n̶g̶, Quẩng, Quắng

• English given name93K records spelled Quang9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Quảng, Quàng, Quãng, Qüåñg

• a separate given name21K records spelled Quang3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Russia

  Also written Quảng, Quàng

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Quang8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Chile, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Quáng, Quảng, Qüänġ, Quàng

• Polish given name2.2K records spelled Quang2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Quảng

• Finnish given name2.0K records spelled Quang3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Quảng

62 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●

Quang is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Vietnamese, Hán-Việt: “ánh sáng, rạng rỡ”; một tên trong bài “Phiên hệ thi” thời Minh Mạng.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• In Vietnamese, Chữ lót thường dùng; không có giải thích nghĩa riêng trong đoạn.

  as a name·Tên Họ Người Việt Nam

• #* Quang B là ánh sáng.

  as a name·Mẹo giải nghĩa từ Hán Việt và chữa lỗi chính tả

• In mtq, clean

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 42 years between 1975–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lü Guangb. 337not in their usual nameemperor of Later Liang
• Sima Guangb. 1019CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician, writer, and historian during the Northern Song dynasty (1019–1086)
• Stanislaus Lo Kuangb. 1911CNnot in their usual namebishop of Tainan, archbishop of Taipei
• Choe Kwangb. 1918KPnot in their usual nameNorth Korean politician (1918－1997)
• Bai Guangb. 1921CNnot in their usual nameChinese actor and singer (1921-1999)
• Thich Tri Quangb. 1924VNVietnamese Buddhist monk (1924–2019)
• Zeng Guangb. 1946CNnot in their usual nameChinese epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Pan Guangb. 1947CNnot in their usual nameChinese academic
• Tsui Harkb. 1951VNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer
• Trần Đại Quangb. 1956VN8th President of Vietnam (1956–2018)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 168 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Quang?

We estimate roughly 8.5 thousand people bear Quang (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Quang have the most bearers?

Quang is most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is most often spelled quang.

How common is Quang compared with other names?

In Vietnam, Quang is the 13th most common given name of 72,115 given names recorded there.

Is Quang a male or female name?

Quang 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.

What does the name Quang mean?

Recorded meaning: light