Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 嘉玲, 嘉龄, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕjä.liŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 嘉 (jiā) meaning "excellent, good" and 玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade" or 龄 (líng) meaning "age, length of time, duration". This name can be formed from other character combinations as well.