In Vietnam, the surname is correctly spelled
Đặng and it is a popular Vietnamese name unlike in China and Korea. The name
Đặng is transliterated as
Deng in Chinese and
Deung in
Korean, all come from the word 鄧. It may originate from: •
State of Deng, a small state in
Spring and Autumn period in China • The Clan of Man (曼姓), the ruling clan of
State of Deng. Later, they used state's name (Deng) as their surname. •
Huang Di, branch of
Qi (祁) clan The origin of Vietnamese "Đặng" remains unclear, however it is assumed that the native people of Vietnam had adopted the surname from Chinese literature and history. People with the surname Đặng: •
Đặng Dung (鄧容, 1373 - 1414), was the poet and general of the
later Tran Dynasty •
Đặng Trần Côn (鄧陳琨 c. 1705–1745) was one of the great poets in early modern history of Vietnam •
Trường Chinh (born Đặng Xuân Khu), Vietnamese communist leader •
Đặng Thị Minh Hạnh, Vietnamese fashion designer •
Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, Vietnamese politician •
Đặng Nhật Minh, Vietnamese film director •
Đặng Ngọc Ngự, Vietnamese pilot •
Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual. •
Đặng Phong, Vietnamese historian, specialized in Vietnam's economic history •
Đặng Hữu Phúc, Vietnamese pianist and film score composer •
Đặng Thái Sơn, Vietnamese pianist •
Đặng Thân, Vietnamese bilingual poet, fiction writer and essayist •
Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese doctor famous for her wartime diaries • Đặng Hùng Dương, Vietnamese software developer famous for his PUBG application •
Johnny Dang (born Đặng Anh Tuấn), Vietnamese-American Jeweler •
Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung), American congresswoman* •
Thai Dang, Vietnamese chef based in Chicago ==Fuzhounese Dang: 鄭 (
Zheng)==