Ding vs Ming

Ding

name
  • A prefecture of imperial China within present-day Hebei under the Northern Wei, Sui, and Tang dynasties, with its seat at Dingzhou. 

  • A surname. 

  • A county of Republican China in Hebei Province. 

Ming

name
  • A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching) 

  • A surname. 

  • A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China, as well as parts of Russia and northern Vietnam 

  • The pottery of the era, famed for its high quality 

  • A male or female given name 

  • The era of Chinese history during which the dynasty reigned 

noun
  • A member of the Ming dynasty 

How often have the words Ding and Ming occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )