His original name was Chen Gangsheng（陈港生）,which tells his birthplace. In his acting career, he first had a stage name（艺名） Chen Yuanlong（陈元龙）. Later, a film director gave him another stage name Chenglong（成龙）, which has two aspects of meanings: the first one is to express the director’s wish that Cheng could become famous, just like a dragon- the symbol of China; the second it is hoped that Cheng would follow the example of another well-known Chinese martial star（功夫明星）, Li Xiaolong（李小龙）.