澄（cheng）
Name meaning
澄 (cheng) means clear, settled and purified. In a name it should feel calm, transparent and inwardly ordered.
Practical naming use
Use 澄 (cheng) when the name should feel clear, composed and purified. It suits scholarship, counseling, design, medicine, law, water imagery, meditation or any identity about calm clarity. The second character should add warmth or direction so the name is not only abstract calm. It works best for names about clarity, water, learning, counseling, law, design or spiritual composure, where steadiness is more important than spectacle.
Pair 澄 (cheng) with 明 (ming) for clear brightness, 文 (wen) for lucid culture, 安 (an) for settled peace, or 雅 (ya) for refined clarity.
澄明 (chengming) (Chengming): Cheng contributes clear, settled; Ming adds brightness, clarity.
Historical / name-use references
陆澄 (Lu Cheng)
Lu Cheng was a Southern Dynasties scholar. His name gives 澄 (cheng) a classical scholarly anchor for clarity and disciplined learning.