An English name beside a Cantonese one. Grandparents in Hong Kong, cousins in Britain, a new home in the US. If your family has more than one place to call home, these names offer a starting point.
40 names from our Hong Kong collection also appear, with the same spelling and recorded sex, in recent US records and in England and Wales or Scotland. Their stories stay beside the figures, so you can explore both.
The names come from our curated Cantonese and Hong Kong collection. We match exact spellings, ignoring letter case, against the latest lists held here: England and Wales (2025); Scotland (2024); United States (2025). A name qualifies when the same recorded sex appears in the US and at least one of the two British records. The list is alphabetical.
England and Wales and Scotland have separate records; neither represents the whole UK. Hong Kong is represented by our cultural collection, not a popularity ranking. Birth records do not tell us a child’s ethnicity or the characters in a Chinese name, and a shared spelling can have different origins.
Each rank belongs to its own record, year and sex. Missing entries are not zero; each registry withholds small counts.
In our Hong Kong collection
An English name used in Hong Kong, carried by Aaron Kwok.
In our Hong Kong collection
From Old English names such as Aelfwine, "elf friend", or Aethelwine, "noble friend".
In our Hong Kong collection
A short form of Andrew, used as an English name in Hong Kong and carried by Andy Lau.
In our Hong Kong collection
Anita Mui carried this name on the Hong Kong stage.
In our Hong Kong collection
Here, the Cantonese reading of 寶: "treasure or precious object".
In our Hong Kong collection
Used as a given name in Hong Kong; also familiar through Saint John Bosco.
In our Hong Kong collection
A Hong Kong screen name carried by Carina Lau.
In our Hong Kong collection
A short form of Cassandra, Cassidy, Cassia and other Cass- names.
In our Hong Kong collection
Cecilia Cheung carries this name in Hong Kong cinema.
In our Hong Kong collection
An English feminine diminutive of Charles, also established as an English personal name in Hong Kong.
In our Hong Kong collection
In Hong Kong, carried by actor and model Chloe So.
In our Hong Kong collection
A French feminine form of Denis, familiar in Hong Kong through Denise Ho.
In our Hong Kong collection
An English surname used as a given name in Hong Kong, carried by Edison Chen.
In our Hong Kong collection
An anglicized form of Irish Ailbhe; separately, a Danish and Icelandic feminine form of Alf.
In our Hong Kong collection
A Scottish literary name popularized by James Macpherson, related to Gaelic fionn, "white" or "fair".
In our Hong Kong collection
A diminutive used in French, Italian, Romanian and Georgian naming traditions.
In our Hong Kong collection
In Hong Kong, carried by Olympic windsurfer Hayley Chan.
In our Hong Kong collection
An English diminutive used for more than one gender; in Hong Kong, carried by Cantopop singer Joey Yung.
In our Hong Kong collection
An affectionate form of Josephine, ultimately connected with the Hebrew name Joseph.
In our Hong Kong collection
A Danish short form of Katherine, also established as an English personal name in Hong Kong.
In our Hong Kong collection
In Hong Kong, carried by Cantopop singer Kay Tse.
In our Hong Kong collection
Kelly Chen carries this name in Hong Kong’s Cantopop scene.
In our Hong Kong collection
Here, the Cantonese reading of 傑: "outstanding or remarkable". The spelling can have other roots elsewhere.
In our Hong Kong collection
An English name used in Hong Kong, carried by Leon Lai.
In our Hong Kong collection
From a Scottish place name and surname; carried in Hong Kong by Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing.
In our Hong Kong collection
A short form of Margaret, carried by actor Maggie Cheung Man-yuk.
In our Hong Kong collection
In Hong Kong, carried by snooker player Marco Fu.
In our Hong Kong collection
Here, 美, "beautiful", a Cantonese given-name element also used in compounds such as Siu-Mei.
In our Hong Kong collection
A biblical Hebrew name of uncertain meaning, familiar in Hong Kong through Miriam Yeung and Christian naming.
In our Hong Kong collection
From biblical Hebrew Moshe. Exodus links it to being drawn from water; its deeper origin is debated.
In our Hong Kong collection
An English name used in Hong Kong, carried by actor and singer Nicholas Tse.
In our Hong Kong collection
Built on the English word "queen"; in Hong Kong, carried by actor and presenter Queenie Chu.
In our Hong Kong collection
Carried by Hong Kong singer Roman Tam, a major figure in Cantopop.
In our Hong Kong collection
In Hong Kong, carried by radio and television host Sammy Leung.
In our Hong Kong collection
The English form of the Roman family name Terentius, of unknown meaning.
In our Hong Kong collection
Hong Kong cinema has two Tony Leungs, distinguished by their Cantonese names Chiu-wai and Ka-fai.
In our Hong Kong collection
In its Latin derivation, from Vivianus and vivus, "alive".
In our Hong Kong collection
From Old English elements for desire or will and peace; also established as an English personal name in Hong Kong.
In our Hong Kong collection
A diminutive of Winifred; in Hong Kong, carried by radio personality Winnie Yu.
In our Hong Kong collection
Here, 欣, "joy", or 恩, "grace": different characters sharing one spelling.
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