Dayang
Origin
Malay
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
lady, maiden (Malay). In Brunei and Sarawak it is the traditional honorific that precedes a woman's name, and it doubles as a given name in its own right, the counterpart of Awang.
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dayang has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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