Heng
Origin
Sino-Khmer
Syllables
1
Peak era
1980s
Today
▬ Steady
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
1890speak 1980s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Heng peaked in the 1980s.
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