Names like King
King is a one-syllable English name that ends in -ng. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
One syllable, ending the same way as King.
Khang Vietnamese · healthy, strong, prosperous
Kaung Burmese · good, worthy (ကောင်း); among the most popular elements for boys born in the 2010s and 2020s, as in Kaung Myat and Kaung Htet; a Monday-letter name
Kong Hmong · traditionally used to mean an elder in some Hmong usage; a common given name
Hoang Vietnamese · royal, yellow (a common surname used as a given name)
The same roots
Also English names, from the tradition King comes from.
Mason English · "stoneworker," an occupational surname from the building trades; it moved from surname to first name on the strength of its -n ending and craftsman cool, reaching the US top five in the 2010s. Solid as the trade it names
Kole English · phonetic variant of Cole, meaning coal-dark
Kase English · phonetic spelling of Case, an English surname
Wells English · surname, "dweller by the spring"
The same feel
Also surname style names.
Royce English · surname, from Royse, a medieval form of Rose
Banks English · surname, "dweller by the riverbank"
Jaxon English · "son of Jack," Jackson respelled with the 21st century's favorite letter; the X spelling emerged in the 1990s and climbed alongside the original. Same everyman roots, extra edge
Layne English · variant of Lane, "narrow road"
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as King, on a similar curve.
Hayes English · surname, "hedged area"
Kash English · modern coinage, related to "cash"
Ford English · place name/surname meaning 'river crossing'
Nash English · surname, "dweller by the ash tree"
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