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Re: Origins of the name Ong
Posted by: Richard Ong (ID *****0716)	Date: February 02, 2008 at 15:13:25
In Reply to: Re: Origins of the name Ong by Les Ong	of 375

Thanks. I have puzzled over the seeming un-English-sounding nature of Ong and Ang, Ing, and Eng have the same quality. I should take a closer look at Anglo-Saxon to see whether these sounds could have come out of that stream. I've always been partial to the St. Ange --> St. Onge --> Onge --> Ong theory. (I've never seen Ange all by itself for what that's worth.)

For a while I thought maybe Hugenot refugees brought the name with them but the LDS records show Ongs in England in the 1530s, so scratch that theory. Thus, if the name is French possible it came with William in 1066, or thereafter.

Could it be there is just one big coverup going on here? I think so.

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Re: Origins of the name Ong Marie deOng 5/02/08
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