Ding as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ding

What is the meaning of the name Ding ?

The baby name Ding is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced Mandarin (Pinyin): Dīng — IPA: /tiŋ/ (first tone),English respelling: "ding" (rhymes with "sing", initial consonant like 'd').

Ding is Chinese in Origin.

Ding is a Chinese name used chiefly as a surname and, less commonly, as a given name. As a surname, written 丁 (Dīng), it appears in early imperial records and the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames, and remains widespread in China. As a given name or name element, Ding may be written with several characters, including 丁 (“robust; adult; fourth of the Heavenly Stems”), 鼎 (Dǐng, “ritual tripod; authority; prosperity”), 玎 (Dīng, “tinkling of jade”), and 定 (Dìng, “settled; steadfast”).

Romanization and cross-lingual forms include pinyin Ding, Wade–Giles Ting, Cantonese Ding1, Hokkien/Teochew Teng, Vietnamese Đinh (丁), Korean Jeong/Chŏng (정, 丁), and Japanese Tei. As a given name it is unisex but far rarer than the surname. Collectively, these characters convey ideas of strength, stability, and auspicious status.