Tung

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Tùng in VN Vietnam, RU Russia.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 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◐

Tung is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name78K records spelled Tung24 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Tùng, Tūng, Từng, Từñg, T̠̲̿̌ų̠͈̤̺̞̅̀̉̀͋͝n̩͈̯̉͠g͉̟̊͋͠

• Chinese given name50K records spelled Tung3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia

  Also written Tùng

• a separate given name19K records spelled Tung5 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Tùng, Tŭng, Tüng, Tụng

• Hindi given name13K records spelled Tung11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Tunğ, Tùng, Tưng, Tüñg, Tụng

• Malay given name13K records spelled Tung5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Hong Kong

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Tunğ, Tùng

• French given name3.3K records spelled Tung3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Tùng

• Khmer given name2.4K records spelled Tung2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hong Kong, Cambodia, India

  Also written Tùng

69 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●

Tung 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 Vietnamese, to toss; to throw

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

• In cdo, serge - scorpion grubs found in decayed wood. half-intoxicated, tipsy, elevated, lively, (ciu-hang). excited in battle. tossing in a tipsy way. to drink till half intoxicated, to sleep heavily, as when drunk. jovial smiling, as a landscape; lively, of style. small clams with scalloped shell

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, and Kwangsi dull, stupid. the 10th month. to talk price, as a buyer does, ( ‘gongspring rains

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, A mantis : \to7iff il(mg、 the praying mantis.

  as a word·An Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect

• In enm, alternative form of tonge (“tongue”)

  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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Wang Tongb. 573not in their usual nameSui dynasty person CBDB = 138818
• Wang Tongb. 584not in their usual nameChinese philosopher and politician (584–617)
• Tôn Thất Tùngb. 1912VNVietnamese surgeon
• Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụngb. 1919VNVietnamese Catholic cardinal (1919–2009)
• Bao Tongb. 1932CNnot in their usual namePolicy secretary of former CCP general secretary & Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang (1932–2022)
• Cai Dongqingb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese entrepreneur and bussinessman
• Liu Dongb. 1973CNnot in their usual nameChinese middle-distance runner
• Michelle Baib. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
• Sơn Tùng M-TPb. 1994VNVietnamese singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor (born 1994)
• Cui Xiaotongb. 1994CNnot in their usual nameChinese rower

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 · 195 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tung?

We estimate roughly 4.5 thousand people bear Tung (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Tung have the most bearers?

Tung is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled tung.

How common is Tung compared with other names?

In Hong Kong, Tung is the 256th most common given name of 19,389 given names recorded there.

Is Tung a male or female name?

Tung 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 Tung mean?

Recorded meaning: Obsolete spelling of tongue, both as language and as part of the body.