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Deming name meaning

  • 德明virtue; bright
  • 德銘virtue; to engrave, inscribed motto
Letters
6
First letter
D
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
2
  • Chinese characters德明德銘

Deming is a Chinese name in Mandarin pinyin spelling. Written 德明, it means “virtue” and “bright”; the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Deming

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 德明

    virtue; bright

    Mandarin dé míng

    attested

  • 德銘

    virtue; to engrave, inscribed motto

    Mandarin dé míng

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Deming

Deming is the toneless Hanyu Pinyin spelling of a Mandarin Chinese name: a combination of the syllables de (德 'virtue') and ming (明 'bright'; 銘 'to engrave, inscribed motto'). The characters recorded for this spelling in public data are 德明. Other common character choices include 德銘. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂♀ Boys and girls
RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 德 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 德 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 明 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 明 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 銘 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 銘 · mdbg.net · meaning

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