Ching
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tʃɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ching 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 92nd most common given name.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 483(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.5K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 5.6K
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
- 373 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 483 (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
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.
How Ching is read(measured from records)
Ching 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.
- English43%
A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Chinese29%
alternative form of 師兄 /师兄 (si¹ hing¹)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Malay15%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ching 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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Ching 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 | — | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | — | Ching | 39 |
| MY Malaysia | #168 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Ching | 106 |
| HK Hong Kong | #92 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 483 | — | Ching | 100 |
| US United States | — | 2,899 | 1 in 115K | 7.4K | Ching | 373 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Ching | 101 |
| AU Australia | #886 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 1 | Ching | 148 |
| SG Singapore | #492 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Ching | 120 |
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 2010; 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ching 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 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 7.4K | #4,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 7.2K | #4,769 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 6.9K | #4,683 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- 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 given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Ching?
- A machine transcription gives /tʃɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Ching mean, and where does it come from?
- A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- 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.
- In which country does Ching have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 144 thousand people named Ching in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ching.
- How common is the name Ching?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,899 people named Ching in 2020, about 1 in 115 thousand residents.
- How common is Ching compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Ching is the 92nd most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
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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, “Ching” — the 92nd most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.