Ting
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The sound of a small bell being struck
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ting is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 2.4K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 4.8K
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
- 350 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈580,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
the sound made when a small bell is struck
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ting is read(measured from records)
Ting is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.
- English36%
The sound of a small bell being struck.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Samuel Chao Chung, US physicist
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Chinese33%
nonstandard spelling of tīng
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Drill (a nail hole)
as a wordrecorded as wuuA Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
Injunction
as a wordrecorded as wuuAn English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Shanghai Dialect
- Malay14%
the sound made when a small bell is struck
as a wordrecorded as Indonesiankaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Ting 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 | — | ≈580,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Ting | 72 |
| MY Malaysia | #270 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Ting | 118 |
| HK Hong Kong | #193 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Ting | 95 |
| US United States | — | 4,037 | 1 in 82K | 3.9K | Ting | 350 |
| SG Singapore | #401 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Ting | 127 |
| AU Australia | #866 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 1 | Ting | 163 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ni Zanb. 1301CNnot in their usual nameChinese painter (1301-1374)
- Ding Yangb. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese entomologist
- Ting Chenb. 1968DEformer chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
- Chang Tingb. 1970TWTaiwanese actress
- Agnes Chowb. 1996CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong political activist
- Zhao TingSong dynasty person (CBDB = 339674)
- Zu TingChinese Ofiicial
- Lu TingWestern Jin dynasty person CBDB = 31525
- Ma TingTang dynasty person CBDB = 193167
- Lu TingTang dynasty person CBDB = 179114
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 55 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.9K | #8,115 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.1K | #10,382 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3K | #9,782 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- How do you pronounce Ting?
- A machine transcription gives /tɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- Where does the name Ting come from?
- the sound made when a small bell is struck Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Ting have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 580 thousand people named Ting in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ting.
- Is Ting a male or female name?
- Ting 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.
- What does the name Ting mean?
- In English, The sound of a small bell being struck.
- How common is the name Ting?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,037 people named Ting in 2020, about 1 in 82 thousand residents.
- How common is Ting compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Ting is the 193rd 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/tingThe 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, “Ting” — the 193rd most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.