Family name origins & meanings
- Chinese :
during the Spring and Autumn period
(722–481 bc), there were two sources of the name Meng. A
son of a prince in the state of Lu was called Meng Sun, while a duke
of the state of Wei had a ‘style name’ of Meng Zhi. Descendants of
both adopted the Meng portion of their names as their surname. - Chinese :
two sources of this
surname are a General Men of the Qin Dynasty (221–206 bc)
and a place named Mengshuang in Hebei province. Additionally, the Yuan
Dynasty (1271–1368 ad) was under the rule of Mongolia,
known in Chinese as Menggu. Menggu became a surname,
which in later times was generally shortened to Meng. - German : from a form of the personal name Magnus.
- German : variant of Menger.
- Danish : habitational name from a place so named.
- Danish : variant of Mang.