Zheng surname meaning

Zheng is the Pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 鄭 (simplified 郑). Traditional histories derive it from the ancient state of Zheng, granted to a brother of King Xuan of Zhou and later absorbed in the Warring States period; descendants kept the state’s name. A rarer Mandarin surname written 正, meaning “upright” or “just,” can also romanize as Zheng. Cheng, Chung, and Vietnamese Trịnh may represent the same 鄭 character in other systems. Place is the catalog fit for the state-name tradition, with likely confidence while the second character and romanization overlap are noted.