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Young

proper nountop 1 000 in film dialogue

  • //jʌŋ//

A surname. A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname. A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.

  2. 2

    A surname. A surname from Chinese. A Chinese surname from Cantonese.

  3. 3

    A surname. A surname from Chinese. A Chinese surname from Hokkien.

  4. 4

    A surname. A surname from Chinese. A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

  5. 5

    A placename: A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

  6. 6

    A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.

  7. 7

    A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana.

  8. 8

    A placename: A place in the United States: A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.

  9. 9

    A placename: A place in the United States: A township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

  10. 10

    A placename: A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.

  11. 11

    A placename: A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay.

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    A placename: A town in Hilltops council area, South West Slopes Region, New South Wales, Australia.

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    Variant of Young CountyA placename: Ellipsis of Young County.

  14. 14

    Variant of Young ParishA placename: Ellipsis of Young Parish.

  15. 15

    Variant of Young RiverA placename: Ellipsis of Young River.

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    Variant of Young LakeA placename: Ellipsis of Young Lake.

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    Variant of Mount YoungA placename: Ellipsis of Mount Young.

Etymology

* As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon. * As a Chinese surname, from the following: ** Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng⁴). Doublet of Yeung. ** Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh. ** Mandarin 楊 /杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.

Forms

plural
Youngs
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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