Ling

Where Ling comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ling.

Ling through the years
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #9,652 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Peak, #5,254
    13 babies named Ling, the most in any year.
  3. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #9,237.
  4. 1992
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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