亨（heng）
Name meaning
亨 (heng) is read hēng here and means smooth, unobstructed, successful or able to develop freely. In personal names it is auspicious, traditional and usually masculine; the alternate reading connected with cooking is not the intended naming sense.
Practical naming use
亨 (heng) is a concise auspicious character for smooth progress and successful development. It has strong classical support and works best in traditional or masculine compounds.
Pair 亨 (heng) with a modest, human-centered character that keeps the auspicious meaning from sounding commercial or overly fortune-driven.
Reference
Dictionary meaning and reading
The Taiwan Ministry of Education dictionary gives hēng as the main reading for smooth and successful development, with an alternate héng reading and a separate pēng reading connected with cooking.
For this page, the intended field is smooth progress and successful development.
All things attain free development
The commentary on the Kun hexagram in the Book of Changes uses 亨 (heng) for the unhindered development of living things.
Through breadth and sustaining greatness, all things attain free development.