Heng
Meaning
luck, prosperity; from Teochew Chinese, brought by the Sino-Khmer families at the center of Cambodian commerce. Used as both surname and given name, a reminder that Khmer naming carries a Chinese layer alongside its Sanskrit one
Popularity, 1890–2024
Heng does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
The Heng deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Heng truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Heng fits with your family’s names and surname.
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