Kesi

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Swahili: 'born when the father had difficulties'

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ksi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kesi is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil.

Brazil (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
1 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

Swahili: 'born when the father had difficulties'

Sources 1

  • African Names

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Where Kesi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—296——
IN India—273—1
US United States—269——
AL Albania—29——
AR Argentina—11——

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: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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)

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

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Malaysia

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Keşi

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Kési, Kešî

  • Portuguese given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, India, Peru

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Kési, Kesī

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kesī, Keśī

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, India

    Also written Keşi

45 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)

Kesi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In pi, Horse-trainer who met the Buddha and became his follower (A.ii.112f.).

    as a nameDictionary of Pali Proper Names Vol I (A-Dh)

  • Bom when father had difficulties (Swahili-East

    as a nameA Handbook of African Names

  • Born when father had difficulties

    as a nameThe book of African names

  • Born when father worked hard

    as a nameThe book of African names

  • Kali (N); Durga (K)

    as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

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)

  • Kesib. 1992DKDanish rapper

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Kesi जी,Hi Kesi, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Kesi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1961299—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—296#19,939
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1951287—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020269#29,086
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1966260—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1956242—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1946241—
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—240#12,405
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1941226—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1971224—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1959219—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)1963199—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kesi mean, and where does it come from?
Swahili: 'born when the father had difficulties' Recorded by African Names.
How do you pronounce Kesi?
A machine transcription gives /ksi/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Kesi a male or female name?
Kesi is a female 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 Kesi have the most bearers?
Kesi is most frequently recorded in Brazil.

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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, “Kesi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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