As in ping pong Jong is Dutch for young
According to: http://www.washingtonlife.com/issues/may-2006/q&a-cafe/
Carol Joynt: Why don't you start by answering this question: How do we pronounce...
She's from New York City. Her birth name was Erica Mann. She went to high school with my sister, so I know. She was married to a Chinese man, so that's where she got Jong.