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凌 Ling — a rarer surname
68.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Ling |
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| Strokes | 10 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname meaning 'ice', from the ancient state of Ling.
What the character means
To rise above with purity and ambition.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China38
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write70
10 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Ling Tong — Three Kingdoms general of Wu (189–237), famed for his courage from a young age.
- Ling Mengchu — Ming dynasty novelist known for his vernacular short story collections, including the famous Pai'an Jingqi.
- Ling Shuhua — Modern Chinese writer and painter, associated with the Crescent Moon Society, celebrated for her nuanced portraits of women.
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