Jì

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伎

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Jì is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 82K(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 14K
  • FIFinland1 in 34K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

4,039 people, 2010

Sources
311 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Spain

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ji in US United States, ES Spain, BE Belgium.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伎

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jì counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jì is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4,0391 in 82K6.4KJi311
ES Spain3,4761 in 14K3.5KJi40
PL Poland2241 in 171K131—2
FI Finland1651 in 34K165—3
BE Belgium981 in 120K98Ji15
NO Norway701 in 78K70—5
SI Slovenia521 in 40K52——

4,039 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jì is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, China, Belgium

    Also written Ji, Jï, Jî, Jí, J-I

  • Korean surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States, India, Malaysia

    Also written 지, 지우, Ji, 지유, 지이

  • a separate surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, China, Pakistan

    Also written Ji, Jī, Jï, Jí, Jỉ

  • Hindi surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Indonesia

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian

    Also written Ji, Jî, Jï, Jī, Jí

  • Bangla surname22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Bangla, Odia

    Also written Ji, Jii, জি, Gee, জী

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jì is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In nap, alternative form of jire (“to go”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In lld, to go, to walk

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In kix, grandmother

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In bbj, hunger

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Emperor Gaozu of Han, b. 256Xue Ji, b. 649Yi Jik, b. 1362Li Ji, b. 1896Ma Ji, b. 1934Zhao Jiping, b. 1945Lou Jiwei, b. 1950
  • Emperor Gaozu of Hanb. 256CNnot in their usual namefounding emperor of the Han dynasty (256–195 BC)
  • Xue Jib. 649Chinese chancellor (649-713)
  • Yi Jikb. 1362not in their usual nameGoryeo & Joseon civil servant (1362 ~ 1431 )
  • Li Jib. 1896TWChinese archaeologist (1896-1979)
  • Ma Jib. 1934CNChinese xiangsheng actor
  • Zhao Jipingb. 1945CNnot in their usual nameChinese composer
  • Lou Jiweib. 1950CNnot in their usual nameFinance Minister of China
  • King Ji of Zhoualso known as Ji Li
  • Wang Jiknot in their usual namenoble Korean
  • Zhang JiTang dynasty person CBDB = 31414

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jì under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jì mean, and where does it come from?
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伎 Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Jì a male or female name?
Jì is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Jì have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 4.0 thousand people named Jì, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ji.
Where is Jì most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jì is densest in Spain — about 1 in 14 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jì?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,039 people named Jì in 2010, about 1 in 82 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jì”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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