Chung

Where Chung comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chung.

Chung through the years
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,560 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #2,709
    17 babies named Chung, the most in any year.
  3. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,147.
  4. 1988
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Chung hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.