(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants

Ding Ling (1904–1986), Chinese novelist, author of the novel "The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River" 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上[Tai4 yang2 Zhao4 zai4 Sang1 gan1 He2 shang4], persecuted in the 1950s as "anti-Party"

(onom.) ding-a-ling; clink of jewels

Meiling (female name); Zhou Meiling 周美玲[Zhou1 Mei3 ling2] (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director

Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist