Worldwide, 利明 (Liming 
, 利明 , Leeming 
) is a common primarily male, but scarcely female first name. The first name 利明 is characteristic of China, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom female name, Singapore, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Taiwan, where it is a rare feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in China, the United States, and Taiwan. Much less frequently, 利明 is the last name as well as the forename.