Jing
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Chinese: from a character that means ‘(water) well’. This originated with the Earl of Jing, a senior adviser in the state ofYu during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 bc)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jing is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CNChina≈1 in 806(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.6K
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 2.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 347 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 806 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
China, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a character that means ‘(water) well’. This originated with the Earl of Jing, a senior adviser in the state ofYu during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 bc).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
How Jing is read(measured from records)
Jing is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Chinese37%
from a character that means ‘(water) well’. This originated with the Earl of Jing, a senior adviser in the state ofYu during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 bc).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
from the place name Jingzhou, denoting an area which later became the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period (722-481 bc).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
from the name of the Marquis Jing of the state of Wei, who lived during the Warring States period (403-22Ibc).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
p:: a common surname among royalty in the state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 bc).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
- English35%
An ethnic Vietnamese, in reference to those whose lands are in China.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Malay5.6%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Jing in Malay.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jing counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 806 | — | Jing | 178 |
| MY Malaysia | #938 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Jing | 84 |
| US United States | — | 13,124 | 1 in 25K | 11K | Jing | 347 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Jing | 111 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Jing | 32 |
| SG Singapore | #353 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Jing | 101 |
| HK Hong Kong | #256 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Jing | 68 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jing is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
3 ‘Capital’; used for a man born in the capital city. 2 2 ‘Stillness’. 3 2 ‘Luxuriance’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Qiu Yingb. 1494CNnot in their usual nameChinese painter (1494–1552)
- Ho Chingb. 1953SGnot in their usual nameSingaporean businesswoman and Spouse of the Prime Minister of Singapore
- Han Zhengb. 1954CNnot in their usual nameVice President of the People's Republic of China
- Maya Linb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican sculptor and architect (born 1959)
- Wu Jingb. 1974CNChinese actor and director
- Jennifer 8. Leeb. 1976USnot in their usual nameChinese-American businessperson and former journalist
- Yu Zhengb. 1978CNnot in their usual nameChinese screenwriter
- Gemma Chanb. 1982GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Jin Au-Yeungb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and actor
- Jasmine Thompsonb. 2000GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 60 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11K | #2,072 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.4K | #2,072 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 5 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jing mean, and where does it come from?
- from a character that means ‘(water) well’. This originated with the Earl of Jing, a senior adviser in the state ofYu during the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 bc). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Jing?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒɪŋ/ (IPA) for Chinese.
- Is Jing a male or female name?
- Jing is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Jing have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 million people named Jing in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jing.
- How common is the name Jing?
- In the United States, the national register counted 13,124 people named Jing in 2020, about 1 in 25 thousand residents.
- How common is Jing compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Jing is the 256th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jingThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jing” — the 256th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.