Hang
The name means "moon". Only 55 people in Poland carry it, split almost evenly between women and men, one of the few names that stays truly unisex.
Hang Pronunciation
Hang is pronounced KHAHNK (/xank/).
What Hang means
Where Hang comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hang means moon. The short meaning stays close to the name across the languages that use it, and in Polish it reads as księżyc. The origin sits outside the familiar European roots, so it does not trace back to Latin or Slavic soil.
In Vietnamese, Hằng points to the moon and to Hằng Nga, the lady who lives there in old story. That link is documented, not folk guessing. A child called Hang holds a word for the night light, plain and old.
On a Polish class register the name looks short and unhurried. It has no diminutive handed down with it, no saint's imieniny to mark, no variant standing beside it. What it keeps is the meaning: moon, księżyc.
How many people are named Hang
1 in 663054 women in Poland is named Hang. 55 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5011 among female names.
Hang as a middle name
Hang is a first name for 55 women in Poland and a middle name for another 34, a 62/38 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1193rd, between Ernesta (34) and Ignacja (34).
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#1191 Elodie34
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#1192 Ernesta34
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#1193 Hang34
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#1194 Ignacja34
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#1195 Lida34