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All over the world, Ning (Ning
, ニン
, หนิง
, along with others...) is a common epicene given name. The first name Ning is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare primarily feminine, but very infrequently masculine name, and Taiwan, where it is quite a rare girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, China, and Taiwan. Also, Ning is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Ning | Myanmar, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, China |
| ニン | Japan |
| หนิง | Thailand |
| Нинг | Russia |
| Нин | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, China |
Ning is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Xu Ning , the Water Margin character and Ning Zhongze , the character in wuxia fiction, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.