Ling

From Mandarin 令 (Lìng)， 凌 (Líng) or Eastern Min 林 (Lìng).

Ling (plural Lings)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ling is the 3887^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9127 individuals. Ling is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (55.2%) and White (33.76%) individuals.

• lign-

• Lein (Moselle Franconian)
• Leng (Ripuarian)

From Old High German līna.

Ling f

1. (Kölsch) rope of minor to medium thickness; cord

• IPA^(key): /liːn/

Ling

1. a surname, equivalent to English Lin
   • OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

     Lingstown,

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 9