Pako
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/pako/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Pako is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: emballer, capturer.
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 3.4M
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 47 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.2M (inferred from the name graph)
15 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
emballer, capturer
Sources 1
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pako 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 15 | 1 in 1.2M | 15 | — | 5 |
| SE Sweden | — | 3 | 1 in 3.4M | 3 | — | 1 |
| ZA South Africa | — | — | — | — | Pako | 21 |
| US United States | — | — | — | listed | Pako | 47 |
| DE Germany | — | — | — | — | Pako | 20 |
| BW Botswana | #134 | — | — | — | Pako | 16 |
15 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Pako is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swahili, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Pa locative class|pa class_((XVI))]] inflected form of -ako
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bkd, kind of fern (the young fronds of which are edible)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In kne, a small fern-like plant found along riverbanks
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mh, a shark (general term for the type of fish)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mrw, a fern: Athyrium esculentum (Retz.) Copel
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In msk, kind of edible fern that grows by rivers
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Pako Revueltasb. 1971ESSpanish actor
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)
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 14 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 15 | #14,023 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 8 | #32,545 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3 | #51,938 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Pako mean, and where does it come from?
- emballer, capturer Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
- How do you pronounce Pako?
- A machine transcription gives /pako/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Pako a male or female name?
- Pako 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 Pako have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 15 people named Pako, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Pako most common?
- Pako is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Pako?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 15 people named Pako, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Pako compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Pako is the 134th most common given name of 423 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Pako?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pakoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Pako” — the 134th most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.