Kì

given name · Latin script

Meaning: to rub off, to rub out

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

Kì is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.

rarermore common
  • INIndia
  • SKSlovakia
  • KRSouth Korea

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ki in IN India, KR South Korea, US United States and 3 more.

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)

to rub off, to rub out

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Where Kì is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India——Ki13
FI Finland—83Ki3
AZ Azerbaijan——Ki2
SK Slovakia——Ki1
US United States—2.3KKi35
KR South Korea—30KKi1

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: KOSIS — 2015 census surnames; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

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

  • Korean surname76 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Mexico, Australia

    Languages: Korean, English, Spanish

    Also written 키, Ki, Kî, Kí, Kï

  • Japanese surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, Algeria

    Also written K-I, Kï, Kí, Kỉ, Ki

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Kị, Ki, Kí, Kỉ

  • Indonesian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Ki, Ki', Kî, Kí, Kï

  • Finnish name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland

    Also written Ki, ̈ki, Ķį, Kï, Kį

14 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Liu Qi, b. 101Zeng Qi, b. 1892Liu Qi, b. 1942Shu Qi, b. 1976Wu Qi, b. 1977Feng Qi, b. 1981Kate Yeung, b. 1984Zhang Qi, b. 1985Yin Qi, b. 1992
  • Liu Qib. 101not in their usual nameChinese general and politician (died 209)
  • Zeng Qib. 1892JPnot in their usual nameChinese politician
  • Liu Qib. 1942CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician
  • Shu Qib. 1976TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actress (born 1976)
  • Wu Qib. 1977CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player, born 1977
  • Feng Qib. 1981CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
  • Kate Yeungb. 1984CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress and singer
  • Zhang Qib. 1985CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player born 1985
  • Yin Qib. 1992CNnot in their usual nameChinese speed skater
  • Li Qinot in their usual nameMing dynasty person, son of Li Shanchang

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 Kì 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 Kì mean, and where does it come from?
to rub off, to rub out Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Kì a male or female name?
Kì is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Kì have the most bearers?
Kì is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ki.

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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, “Kì”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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