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Ka Ting name meaning

  • 家定home, family; stable, settled
  • 嘉庭excellent, good; courtyard, hall
  • 家廷home, family; palace court, government
Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters家定嘉庭家廷
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Ka Ting

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Chinese Names: K

Ka Ting is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese; written 家定 it means 'family; settled', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Ka Ting

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 家定

    home, family; stable, settled

    Cantonese gaa1 ding6 / Mandarin jiā dìng

    attested

  • 嘉庭

    excellent, good; courtyard, hall

    Cantonese gaa1 ting4 / Mandarin jiā tíng

  • 家廷

    home, family; palace court, government

    Cantonese gaa1 ting4 / Mandarin jiā tíng

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 Ka Ting

Ka Ting is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese. Ka stands for 家 'home, family' or 嘉 'excellent' (gaa1). Ting can be 庭 'courtyard' or 廷 'palace court' (ting4), or 定 'stable, settled' (ding6), since older Cantonese spellings often write the d sound as t. The characters 家定 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese
PartsKa + Ting
First letterChinese Names starting with K

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 家 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 定 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 嘉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 庭 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 廷 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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