Dong Family History

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 董 also an alternative Cantonese Romanization meaning ‘supervise superintend’ in ancient Chinese: (i) from the personal name of Dong Fu (董父) said to be a descendant of the legendary Huang Di the ‘Yellow Emperor’ (c. 27th century BC). He was supposedly given the surname 董 by the legendary Emperor Shun (c. 23rd century BC). (ii) from Dong Du (董督) which means ‘supervision and management’ in ancient Chinese. This was the duty of an official post called Tai Shi responsible for the supervision management and censorship of the compilation of the annals in the state of Jin (located mainly in present-day Shanxi province) during the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC).

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 東 also a variant Cantonese Romanization meaning ‘east’ in Chinese: (i) said to be from the personal name of Dong Bu Shi (东不识) a friend of the legendary Emperor Shun (c. 23rd century BC). (ii) said to be from the compound surname Dong-Fang (東方) (meaning ‘east’ in Chinese).

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 冬 meaning ‘winter’ in Chinese: (i) possibly from Dong (冬) the name of an official post in charge of engineering during the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). (ii) traced back to Dong Feng (冬逢) leader of a minority ethnic group in southern China during the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD).

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 曾 possibly based on its pronunciation in the Siyi Cantonese subdialect (also known as Sze Yup or Four Districts dialect including Taishanese) spoken in southern Guangdong see Zeng. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 鄧 see Deng. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 童 see Tong.

Vietnamese (Đổng): from the Chinese surname 董 see 1 above. Vietnamese (Đông): from the Chinese surname 佟 see Tong. Vietnamese (Đồng): from the Chinese surname 童 see Tong.