Entry № 1937 · Chinese origin

Pingyang Pingyang — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ PING-yahng /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Chinese
Meaning
"Tang princess who led the Army of the Lady"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Chinese)

A name that means "tang princess who led the army of the lady".

Princess Pingyang (平陽, c. 600-623) — daughter of **Li Yuan, founder of the Tang Dynasty** — **personally raised and commanded the *Niangzijun* ("Army of the Lady") of 70,000 troops** during the founding of the Tang. **She held the strategic Niangzi Pass that bears her army's name** — the only pass in the Great Wall named after a woman. Died young at 23; **honored with a full military funeral by her father — the first time in Chinese history a princess received one**.

Featured in Tang dynastic histories.

Tang princess who commanded the Army of the Lady — 70,000 troops at Niangzi Pass.

The name in its native script.

平陽公主
Transliteration
Píngyáng Gōngzhǔ
Pronunciation
/ ˈpɪŋ.jɑːŋ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Pingyang stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Pingyang · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Pingyangs before her.

Real people
Princess Pingyang
Tang Dynasty warrior princess.
c. 600 – 623
In fiction
Pingyang
Tang dynastic histories.

Names connected to Pingyang.

The number behind Pingyang.

1

The Pioneer

Pingyang reduces to one — the number of Tang warrior princess.

Why families chose this name.

"Niangzi Pass. Eight letters. Pingyang."
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