On Family History
On Name Meaning
Vietnamese (Ôn): from the Chinese surname 溫 see Wen Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 安 see An Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 溫 see Wen Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 翁 see Weng Chinese: possibly from Cantonese form of the Chinese name 安 (meaning ‘peace’) a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US. Turkish (Ön): ornamental name or nickname from ön ‘front foremost’. As a nickname it was in some cases applied to families living in the first house in a village.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022