Ling Family History

English: habitational name from Lyng in Norfolk which may derive from Old English hlinc ‘ridge bank’ from Lyng in Somerset which may derive from Old English hlenc ‘hill side ledge’ or from any of various minor places called from Middle English ling ‘heather heath(land)’ (Old Norse lyng) such as Ling Hill in Blythburgh (Suffolk).

English: occasionally a variant of Leng. German: variant of Link. Chinese: Mandarin or Cantonese form of the surname 凌 meaning ‘ice’: from the first element of Ling Ren (凌人) post name of an official responsible for the storage of ice cubes a hereditary post long held by descendants of Kang Shu the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou (c. 1087–1043 BC).

Chinese: Mandarin or Cantonese form of the surname 令: (i) from the first element of Ling Yin (令尹) the name of an official post in the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC). (ii) shortened form of the Chinese compound surname Ling-Hu (令狐) originally the name of a fief (located in Shanxi province) in the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).

Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 甯 (or 寧) see Ning. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 林 see Lin.

Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 冷 see Leng.