The baby name Lingyun is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Pinyin: Língyún (líng yún). Approx. 'LING-yoon' (both syllables with a rising tone)..
Lingyun is Chinese in Origin.
The baby name Lingyun is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Pinyin: Língyún (líng yún). Approx. 'LING-yoon' (both syllables with a rising tone)..
Lingyun is Chinese in Origin.
Lingyun is a Mandarin Chinese given name (pinyin Língyún) built from several character pairs, most often 凌云/凌雲 or 灵云/靈雲. With 凌云, líng ‘to rise above, surpass’ plus yún ‘cloud’ evokes soaring high and lofty ambition. With 灵云, líng ‘spirited, clever’ plus ‘cloud’ suggests nimble grace. Other rarer spellings include 令云/令雲 and 令昀 (yún ‘sunlight at dawn’), adding shades of brightness and leadership. The name is unisex.
Rooted in classical poetry and idiom - see 凌云之志, “aspiration that climbs the clouds” - Lingyun has been used through imperial eras and in today’s diaspora. Variant romanizations include Ling-yun and Ling Yun; in Cantonese the same characters read Ling4 Wan4. Short forms include Ling, Yun, Lingling, and Yunyun. Because meaning depends on the chosen characters, parents often pair Lingyun with a complementary surname or middle character to balance images of height, spirit, and light.
Lingyun is seldom given. We count 44 recorded uses of it across 10 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #325 | 7 | 9,639 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #336 | 14 | 8,829 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #628 | 5 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #646 | 5 | 16,104 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
Lingyun is popular in 10 countries — most recent births per country:
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