Given name & surname
Ching
Ching is a surname from Cantonese. It is used in English, Tagalog, and Atayal.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ching through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 84 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,899 as a first name in 2020; 7,194 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ching’s family of names
In English usage, Ching as a surname has a related form in CHENG. In English usage, Ching as a surname has a related form in CHINGAKHAM. In English usage, Ching as a surname has a related form in Chingakham surname of Meitei origin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Chengvariant · English
- Chingthamvariant · English
- Chingtham surname of Meitei originvariant · English
- Chingshubamvariant · English
- Chingshubam surname of Meitei originvariant · English
- Chingangbamvariant · English
- Chingangbam surname of Meitei originvariant · English
- Meiteivariant · English
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Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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