Forename 东

All over the world, 东 (东 , Tong ) is a widespread predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly given name. The first name 东 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Macao, where it is a common unisex name, Hong Kong, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, and China, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely female name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Likewise, 东 is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name 东

name Dong, name Тоу, name Tou, name Aduma, name Higashi, name אזו, name 东, name Адзума, name Дунг, name Azu, name דונג, name 东氏, name Tong, name 東, name Dōng

VARIANT	COUNTRY
东	China
Tong	Hong Kong, Vietnam, United States, Malaysia, China

First names said to be same

Aduma, Azu, Dong, Dōng, Higashi, Tou, Адзума, Дунг, Тоу, אזו, דונג, 东氏, and 東

First name 东 in the context

东 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Li Zhong , the Water Margin character; Jiang Zhong , the Water Margin character; Bao Zhong , the fictional human in "The Romance of Three Kingdoms", Romance of the Three Kingdoms; Jing Zhong , the Jin Ping Mei character and Tong , the operatic character in the opera Der Kreidekreis by Alexander von Zemlinsky; Marriage broker.

Notable namesakes

	王东 Chinese spy working in the United States, wanted by FBI, CN
	刘东 Chinese middle-distance runner, CN (b. 1973)