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Ling (surname)

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Ling is a surname which can be of either Chinese, English, or Nordic origin.

Chinese[edit]

"Ling" is the Roman alphabet spelling of multiple Chinese surnames.

Líng (凌りょう)[edit]

According to traditional stories, the surname pronounced Líng (凌りょう) in Mandarin originated during the Zhou Dynasty as an occupational surname for a court official responsible for the storage and handling of ice. King Wu of Zhou's brother Kang Shu [zh] had a son who held this post, and Kang Shu's descendants later adopted Líng as their surname.[1]

  • Ling Cao (凌しのげ操みさお, died 203), Eastern Han dynasty military officer serving under the warlords Sun Ce and Sun Quan
  • Ling Tong (凌しのげ統みつる, 189–217), Eastern Han Dynasty military officer, son of Ling Cao
  • Ling Mengchu (凌しのげ濛初, 1580–1644), Ming Dynasty writer
  • Ling Shuhua (凌しのげ叔华, 1900–1990), Chinese modernist writer
  • Ling Yun (politician) (凌しのげ云うん, 1917–2018), first Minister of State Security of the People's Republic of China
  • Gilbert Ling (凌しのげ寧やすし, 1919–2019), Chinese-born American biologist
  • Ling Qing (凌しのげ青あお, 1923–2010), Chinese diplomat
  • Ivy Ling Po (凌しのげ波は, born 1939), Hong Kong actress
  • Ling Li (writer) (凌しのげ力りょく, 1942–2018), Chinese writer and historian
  • Ling Jing-huan (凌しのげ鏡きょう寰, fl. 1950s), Taiwanese basketball player
  • James Sik Hung Ling (凌しのげ錫すず洪ひろし, 1951–2001), Hong Kong Salvation Army pastor
  • Laura Ling (凌しのげ志美しび, born 1976), American journalist
  • Lisa Ling (凌しのげ志こころざし慧とし, born 1973), American journalist, television presenter, and author
  • Ling Yong (凌しのげ勇いさむ, born 1978), Chinese Paralympic athlete
  • Ling Wan Ting (凌しのげ婉婷, born 1980), Hong Kong badminton player
  • Ling Jie (凌しのげ洁, born 1982), Chinese artistic gymnast
  • Ling Cong (凌しのげ琮, born 1985), Chinese football player
  • Ling Zihan (凌子りょうこ涵, born 1987), Chinese technology businesswoman
  • Kang Ling (凌しのげ康やすし, born 1997), Chinese racing driver
  • Andrew Ling (凌しのげ顯あらわ祐ゆう), Hong Kong violist
  • Charles Ling (凌しのげ晓峰), Chinese-born Canadian computer scientist
  • Doris Ling-Cohan (凌しのげ德とく麗うらら), American judge on the New York Supreme Court
  • L.H.M. Ling (凌しのげ煥銘), American scholar of international affairs

Lìng (令れい)[edit]

There is also a less-common surname pronounced Lìng (令れい) in Mandarin. In some cases, it may be a shortened version of the surname Linghu (令れい狐きつね).[2] People with this surname include:

  • Ling Zhengce (令れい政策せいさく, born 1952), Chinese politician
  • Ling Jihua (令れい计划, born 1956), Chinese politician
  • Huping Ling (令れい狐きつね萍, born 1956), Chinese-born American historian
  • Ling Wancheng (令れい完成かんせい, born 1960), Chinese businessman

Regional pronunciation of Lín (林はやし)[edit]

"Ling" may also be an Eastern Min, Northern Min, or Wu transcription of the surname pronounced in Mandarin as Lín (林はやし).[3] People with this surname spelled as "Ling" include:

  • Ling How Doong (林はやし孝たかし谆, 1934–2021), Singaporean politician and lawyer
  • Ling Liong Sik (林はやし良りょう实, born 1943), Malaysian politician
  • Victor Ling (林はやし重慶たーちん, born 1943), Chinese-born Canadian medical researcher
  • Jahja Ling (林はやし望のぞむ傑すぐる, born 1951), Indonesian-born American orchestral conductor
  • Tschen La Ling (林はやし球たま立りつ, born 1956), Dutch football player
  • John Wey Ling (林はやし建けん伟; born c. 1958), Chinese-born American ballet dancer
  • Alan Ling Sie Kiong (林はやし思おもえ健けん, born 1983), Malaysian lawyer
  • Julia Ling (林はやし小しょう微ほろ, born 1983), American television actress
  • Landon Ling (林家はやしや亮あきら, born 1987), Canadian football player

Other Chinese characters[edit]

One other rare surname (鈴すず) also pronounced Líng in Mandarin is believed to be used by only eight people in China.[4] People with this surname include:

  • Ling Kai (鈴すず凱, born 1986), Singaporean singer-songwriter

The following Chinese people have the surname Ling, but the characters for their Chinese names are not known:

  • Jonathan Ling (born c. 1954), Australian businessman of Chinese descent, CEO of Fletcher Building
  • Pam Ling (born 1968), American reality show actress of Chinese descent

The Vietnamese surname Linh originated from the Vietnamese pronunciation of a different character pronounced Líng in Mandarin (靈れい), which is not used as a surname in Chinese.[citation needed]

Others[edit]

The English surname Ling, also spelled Linge, may have two different origins: one from a word used in Lincolnshire meaning "heath", and the other as a toponymic surname referring to the parish of Lyng, Somerset.[5] Lings is a variant of the English surname Ling, with addition of an epenthetic s.[6]

People with the surname Lings include:

Fictional characters[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chao, Sheau-yueh J. (2000). Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 117.
  2. ^ "山西さんせい令れい氏し大だい有ゆう来らい头 网友观点:令れい狐きつね名めい气大却不常つね见". Phoenix Television. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei. "林りん". Sino-Tibetan Etymology Database. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ "南京なんきん生せい僻へき姓氏せいし调查:电台主持しゅうもち本姓ほんせい'铃'全国ぜんこく8人にん是ぜ一家いっか". Eastday. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell (1901). A dictionary of English and Welsh surnames, with special American instances. London: H. Frowde. p. 485.
  6. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter, eds. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1595. ISBN 9780192527479.
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