Where is Yong from?

My guess is...

South Korea

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38%

Singapore

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21%

Malaysia

flag of Malaysia

19%

I'm 88% certain Yong is Male.

According to a dataset of 4405, the average Yong is around 52 years old.


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Learn about the name Yong

Meaning of the name Yong

From Chinese 勇 (yǒng) meaning "brave" or 永 (yǒng) meaning "perpetual, eternal" [1]. This can also be a single-character Korean name, for example from the hanja 勇 meaning "brave". This name can be formed by other characters besides those listed here.

Characteristics of the name Yong

OriginsKorean, Chinese
PronouncedYUWNG(Chinese)
GenderUnisex
Traitsnatural, strong, serious, mature, classic, formal, strange, wholesome

How do we know this about Yong

(and is it secret spies?)

We use a combination of data from the internet, and our own Machine Learning models to make these predictions.
In a gist, we use a Machine Learning model trained on a diverse global dataset of 100m+ names, and use it to predict different traits for a person based on first name!
NameGuessr guesses a person's nationality, age, and gender based on their name. We also try to give insightful info around the name's origin, name meaning, and name pronounciation.