Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 燕玲, 艳玲, 延龄, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /jɛn.liŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" or 延 (yán) meaning "stretch, prolong" combined with 玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade" or 龄 (líng) meaning "age, duration". Other character combinations can form this name as well.