Sang

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 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◐

Sang is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name162K records spelled Sang19 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Saeng, Sáng, Šäñg, Säng, Sāng

• Korean given name115K records spelled Sang36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Canada, Malaysia

  Languages: Korean, English, German

  Also written 상우, Sangwoo, 상귀, Sang-Woo, 쌍호

• Swahili given name44K records spelled Sang3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Malaysia, India

  Also written Sang', Sáng

• a separate given name41K records spelled Sang21 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Sáng, Sằng, Sáñg, S̶̷̸̲̅a̶̷̸̲̅n̶̷̸̲̅g̶̷̸̲̅, Sắng

• Spanish given name25K records spelled Sang12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Sáng, Sāng, Šáňg, Šañg, Sång

• a separate given name18K records spelled Sang4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, China, United Kingdom

  Also written Sáng, Sảng, Šang

• Hindi given name9.9K records spelled Sang4 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Sång, Sáng

• French given name7.3K records spelled Sang16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Malaysia

  Also written Sáng, Säng, Såñg, Sãñg, Sång

72 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●

Sang is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, simple past of sing

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

• Star.

  as a name·The African book of names

• In rgn, alternative form of sângv (“blood”)

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

• In ycr, Irrealis negation suffix form attached to verbs or adjectives: to not be

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

• In Filipino, alternative form of tsang: spring onion

  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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 75 years between 1921–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cao Hoài Sangb. 1901Vietnamese Caodaist
• Trương Tấn Sangb. 1949VNformer president of Vietnam
• Li Xiaoshuangb. 1973CNnot in their usual namegymnast
• Sang Caob. 1973VNVietnamese chess player
• Trần Đức Sangb. 1975VNbadminton player
• Châu Ngọc Tuyết Sangb. 2005VNVietnamese athlete
• Sang Jin LeeKRresearcher (ORCID 0000-0002-3899-1909)
• Sang Joon MaGBresearcher
• Sang Leeresearcher (ORCID 0000-0001-9263-2010)
• Van Sang NguyenVNVietnamese herpetologist

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 · 382 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sang?

We estimate roughly 9.2 thousand people bear Sang (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Sang have the most bearers?

Sang is most frequently recorded in Vietnam, where it is most often spelled sang.

How common is Sang compared with other names?

In Vietnam, Sang is the 79th most common given name of 72,115 given names recorded there.

Is Sang a male or female name?

Sang 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 Sang mean?

Recorded meaning: expensive, luxurious