Ling

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of Chinese 灵 (líng) = 'spirit', 'soul' ^[1]

2) Latin spelling of Chinese 铃 (líng) = 'bell', 'chime' ^[1]

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Chinese

Ling is a common name among immigrants from China, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[2]	113	352	101	324	12	28
Finland^[3]	n.a.	150	n.a.	146	n.a.	4
Denmark^[4]	48	n.a.	41	n.a.	7	n.a.
Greenland^[5]	0	56	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Iceland^[6]	1	6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[7]	n.a.	n.a.	37	n.a.	11	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Ling.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no