Ching
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ching is a given name, most frequently recorded in Malaysia. In Hong Kong it is the 78th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Chinese, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
- HKHong Kong1 in 1.5K◐
- MYMalaysia1 in 3.1K
- SGSingapore1 in 9K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.2K ●
- Sources
- 330 ●
- 1 in 68K ◐
across 8 countries
195K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Meaning & origin●
A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #190 | 21,214 | 25K rec. | — | — | Ching | 99 |
| AU Australia | #893 | 10,259 | 13K rec. | — | 1 | Ching | 137 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 3,015 | 5.1K rec. | — | listed | Ching | 99 |
| HK Hong Kong | #78 | 2,482 | 2.4K rec. | — | — | Ching | 94 |
| US United States | — | 1,694 | 124K rec. | 1 in 196K | 7.4K | Ching | 330 |
| CA Canada | — | 1,448 | 3.5K rec. | — | 1 | Ching | 119 |
| PH Philippines | — | 1,388 | 12K rec. | — | — | Ching | 91 |
| SG Singapore | #450 | 1,198 | 2.5K rec. | — | — | Ching | 112 |
| DE Germany | — | 728 | 1K rec. | — | 1 | Ching | 62 |
| JM Jamaica | #353 | 264 | 436 rec. | — | — | Ching | 4 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 255 | 1.5K rec. | 1 in 68K | 255 | Ching | 30 |
| SE Sweden | — | 139△ | 12 rec. | 1 in 73K | 139 | — | 7 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English99K35%
- Chinese99K35%
- Malay36K13%
- Spanish10K4%
- 9.9K3%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 99,394 | 35% |
| Chinese | 98,900 | 35% |
| Malay | 35,823 | 13% |
| Spanish | 10,450 | 4% |
| 9,851 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Ching is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Chinese, alternative form of 師兄 /师兄 (si¹ hing¹)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cdo, jt#^,? To be careful, to act seriously ； attentive, dili- gent, cautious ； sincere ； still, quiet ； to consider in- tently : ^seng^ teilng^ cir- Shgn. cnraspect ； ^pok^ seng^ heedless; COM., ^"^king seng^ careful, attentive. Seny、* A coll. euphonic prefix, as in seng^ sM^ig^ to put on one's clothes ； seng^ siong^ to enter an account, as in a ledger.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, the tubes in panpipes; a hairpin chang (chiéng) #8 = R a delicate hand, to grasp. chang O | as below. so ‘ching-ching Ole) merely, continuously
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, dynasty to feed, to nourish. to rest one’s mind or brain
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to fill, to fulfill, to satisfy, to act as
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
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.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 18 |
| 2000 | 17 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 17 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 20 |
| 2008 | 20 |
| 2009 | 21 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 19 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 21 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Wei Zhengb. 580CNnot in their usual nameTang Dynasty chancellor (580-643)
- Ho Chingb. 1953SGSingaporean businesswoman and Spouse of the Prime Minister of Singapore
- Xu Qingb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese actress
- Cai Dongqingb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese entrepreneur and bussinessman
- Yuqing Tangb. 1969CNnot in their usual nameChinese urbanologist (born 1969)
- Eric S. Yuanb. 1970CNnot in their usual nameAmerican billionaire businessman
- Pang Qingb. 1979CNnot in their usual nameChinese figure skater
- Du Jingb. 1984CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
- Tian Qingb. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese badminton player
- Guo Qingb. 2000CNnot in their usual nameChinese taekwondo practitioner (born 2000)
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●
Attested in 51 sources across 27 countries.
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (Tom II: C-D)
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 247 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Ching?
- We estimate roughly 2.2 thousand people bear Ching (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Ching have the most bearers?
- Ching is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled ching.
- How common is Ching compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Ching is the 190th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.
- Is Ching a male or female name?
- Ching 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 Ching mean?
- Recorded meaning: A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ching” — the 190th most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.