宏（hong）
Name meaning
宏 (hong) means grand, broad, vast or expansive. In a given name it should suggest breadth of vision and generous scale, not empty ambition.
Practical naming use
Use 宏 (hong) when the name should feel spacious, principled and large-hearted. It suits scholarship, strategy, architecture, public service, teaching or a person expected to think beyond a narrow private field. Pair it with restraint or virtue.
Pair 宏 (hong) with characters such as 宏安 (Hongan) Hong'an, 宏文 (Hongwen), 宏德 (Hongde) or 宏远 (Hongyuan). Avoid a second oversized character if the name starts to sound boastful.
Reference
MOE Revised Mandarin Dictionary, 宏圖 (Hongtu)
Historical / name-use references
宏智正覺 (Hongzhi Zhengjue)
Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091-1157) was a Song Chan master recorded in the DILA Buddhist Authority Database. His posthumous and religious name gives premodern Buddhist name-use evidence for 宏 (Hong).