Given name & surname · also Chinese
Ding
Ding is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Eastern Min.
Original Mandarin丁
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ding comes from Mandarin, and ultimately from Eastern Min.
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How it developed
From Mandarin 丁 (Dīng), from Eastern Min 陳 (Dĭng).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ding’s family of names
In English usage, Ding as a surname has a related form in Ting. In English usage, Ding as a surname has a related form in Ting. In English usage, Ding as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form Đinh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ding has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ding
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