Ying
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ying is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Hong Kong it is the 6th most common given name. In English, recorded as Alternative form of ching (“knife”).
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 632(inferred from the name graph)
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 666
- CNChina≈1 in 950
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)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 363 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 632 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Alternative form of ching (“knife”).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ying is read(measured from records)
Ying 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.
- English40%
Alternative form of ching (“knife”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Chinese34%
nonstandard spelling of yīng
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Malay9.5%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ying 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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Ying 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 | — | ≈1,500,000 est. | ≈1 in 950 | — | Ying | 171 |
| TW Taiwan | #455 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 666 | — | Ying | 147 |
| MY Malaysia | #39 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Ying | 95 |
| US United States | — | 15,166 | 1 in 22K | 13K | Ying | 363 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Ying | 66 |
| HK Hong Kong | #6 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 632 | — | Ying | 108 |
| SG Singapore | #115 | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Ying | 109 |
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)
Ying is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In och, To make a present, exchange presents, to present (someone) to serve, concubine
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, to turn one’s chest to; to face, respond; correspond, agree
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, bright, color of jade; kind of beautiful stone
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, tumor
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
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. 1494CNChinese painter (1494–1552)
- Zhang Ailingb. 1920USnot in their usual nameChinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter (1920–1995)
- Wayne Wangb. 1949USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director
- Maya Linb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican sculptor and architect (born 1959)
- Terri Kwanb. 1976TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress
- Chen Yingb. 1977CNChinese sport shooter
- Han Yingb. 1983CNChinese-born German table tennis player
- Theresa Fub. 1984CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong singer and actress (born 1984)
- Angelababyb. 1989CNnot in their usual nameChinese model and actress
- 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 58 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 13K | #1,887 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.2K | #1,887 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 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 Ying mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative form of ching (“knife”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Ying a male or female name?
- Ying is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Ying have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 million people named Ying in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ying.
- How common is the name Ying?
- In the United States, the national register counted 15,166 people named Ying in 2020, about 1 in 22 thousand residents.
- How common is Ying compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Ying is the 6th 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/yingThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ying” — the 6th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.