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Leng Beng name meaning

  • 令明command, excellent; bright
  • 靈明quick, spirit; bright
  • 令銘command, excellent; engraved motto
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
L
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters令明靈明令銘

Chinese Names: L

Leng Beng is a Chinese boy's name in Hokkien spelling; one option is 令明 ('excellent; bright'), but the meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Chinese characters for Leng Beng

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 令明

    command, excellent; bright

    Hokkien lēng bêng / Mandarin lìng míng

    attested

  • 靈明

    quick, spirit; bright

    Hokkien lêng bêng / Mandarin líng míng

  • 令銘

    command, excellent; engraved motto

    Hokkien lēng bêng / Mandarin lìng 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 Leng Beng

Leng Beng is a Hokkien romanization. Leng stands for 令 (lēng, excellent) or 靈 (lêng, quick), and Beng for the sound bêng, as in 明 (bright) or 銘 (engraved motto). The characters 令明 are recorded in public data for this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsLeng + Beng
First letterChinese Names starting with L

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 令 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 令 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 明 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 明 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 靈 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 靈 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 銘 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 銘 · mdbg.net · meaning

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