Ning
Meaning
peaceful, tranquil (宁/寧); a pinyin name increasingly chosen outright as an American given name rather than a middle name
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ning has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
The Ning deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Ning truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Ning fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Ning travels
Thai · quiet, calm (a common nickname)
Keep exploring
Thai baby names · Chinese American baby names · Short names · Gender-neutral names
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