Meiling
A girls’ name of Chinese origin, meaning beautiful spirit or beautiful ling.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Meiling by the numbers
Meiling was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Meiling. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Meilinbeautiful jade or beautiful forest7 in the US (2017)
- Melinahoney; form of Melissa or Melina486 in the US (2017)
- Meilanibeautiful heavenly garland; combination of mei and lani292 in the US (2017)
- Meilibeautiful and graceful3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milinagracious, dear; a diminutive form8 in the US (2017)
- Mellinahoney; a form of melissa7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Meiling, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean life
Like Meiling, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Meiling
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