Aung San

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Burmese/Myanmar (Myanmar)

Meaning

the name of General Aung San (1915–1947), the founding father of modern Burma/Myanmar — the hero of Burmese independence who led the resistance against Japanese and then British colonial rule and negotiated the Panglong Agreement that laid the foundation for the union of Burma; in Burmese aung means success, victory, or to prevail and san means Saturday in the traditional Burmese calendar system that assigns names based on the day of the week; Aung San is the most revered figure in modern Burmese history, assassinated in July 1947 before independence was achieved; his daughter Aung San Suu Kyi became Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the leader of the democratic movement against military rule, making the Aung San name doubly significant in Myanmar's modern history; in Burmese naming tradition there is no family surname — each person's name is their own — and aung is one of the most auspicious and common name elements

Gender

male

Also spelled

Bogyoke Aung San