[1] In names romanized in Wade–Giles (usually used in Taiwan), Cheng is most commonly a transcription of 鄭/郑 (pinyin Zhèng).

Cheng can also be the Cantonese version of Zheng (鄭) and Jing (井), non-standard romanization of Cen (岑), and Teochew or Hokkien pronunciation of Zhong (鍾) and Zhuang (莊).

It was the name of fiefdom Cheng (郕) in Henan belong to Shu Wu, a son of King Wen of Zhou.

His descendants adopted the name Cheng, simplifying it to 成 by dropping the radical.

[2] The Chéng (程) surname may have come from a fief named Cheng in Henan, as well as another in Shaanxi.