MEANING & HISTORY
What does Liling mean?
Liling is explicitly analyzed as Lily with ng in Cebuano, with Lilia also listed. Lily is the English flower-name, while Lilia is a related adapted personal form.
The local ending supplies familiar morphology rather than another botanical word. The name does not establish any particular flower symbolism chosen by a family.
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Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Lily. From Lily + -ng.
a diminutive of the female given names Lilia and Lily
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Liling in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Liling
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Biring♀Virginia familiar form through Viri or Biri
- Bising♀Familiar form of Vicenta; conquering-name family
- Deling♀Familiar form of Delia or Cordelia
- Feling♀Familiar form of Felisa or Felicidad
- Iking♂Familiar Enrique through Ike
- Ising♀Clipped Crescencia with the familiar ending ng
- Juling♀Cebuano familiar form of Julia or Julieta
- Kiking♂♀Cebuano familiar form of Francisco or Francisca
What rhymes with Liling?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
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- Wiktionary contributors — Liling (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — Lily (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Lilia (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.