GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 27

邓

邓 is read as dèng.

Pinyin

dèng

Script forms

Simplified 邓 · Traditional 鄧

Basic meaning

ancient Deng state name

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Shang to Zhou tradition; Deng was absorbed by Chu in the Spring and Autumn period; Shang tradition, c. 1600-1046 BCE

Place: Deng state, commonly associated with today's Nanyang or Dengzhou area, Henan Province

Origin note

A major Deng surname tradition comes from the ancient state of Deng. The state is usually placed in the Nanyang/Dengzhou region of today's Henan Province, with related historical geography sometimes extending toward the Han River region. After Deng was absorbed by Chu in the Spring and Autumn period, descendants and state people used Deng as a surname.

Historical figures

邓艾 (Deng Ai)

197-264 CE · Cao Wei general

A Three Kingdoms general remembered for the campaign that helped bring down Shu Han.

邓小平 (Deng Xiaoping)

1904-1997 CE · modern Chinese political leader

A major figure in twentieth-century Chinese history, associated with reform-era state policy.

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