Ming

Chinese
"shining bright"

Ming Origin and Meaning

The name Ming is a boy's name meaning "shining bright".

A common Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean unisex name, and the name of a culturally rich Chinese Dynastic period. Yao Ming is the seven and a half foot Shanghai-born basketball star. Trivia tidbit: His parents were the tallest couple in China at the time of his birth.

Ming Popularity

Famous People Named Ming

  • Yao Ming
    Chinese basketball player
  • Ming Lee Simmons
    daughter of American model Kimora Lee Simmons
  • Ming
    Na Wen, Macau,born American Actress
  • Ming Chen
    star of AMC's Comic Book Men

Ming in Pop Culture

  • Ming Huang
    character in MTV's "Awkward"
  • Ming Zhang
    character in Netflix's "American Vandal"