Paraskevi
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/pæɹəskvi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Paraskevi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cyprus than in any other country.
- GRGreece≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 506K
- SESweden1 in 67K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Paraskevi itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cyprus (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 121 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
2,959 named Παρασκευη, 2011
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Παρασκευη in GR Greece.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Paraskevi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY Cyprus | #537 | 2,959as Παρασκευη | 1 in 428 | 3K | Paraskevi | 32 |
| GR Greece | #529 | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | 205 | Παρασκευη | 121 |
| US United States | — | 657 | 1 in 506K | 655 | Paraskevi | 93 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 228K | 1 | Paraskevi | 65 |
| SE Sweden | — | 153 | 1 in 67K | 153 | Paraskevi | 15 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 163K | — | Paraskevi | 9 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Paraskevi | 3 |
2,959 people counted by CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census), 2011, counting the spelling παρασκευη. 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: Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Paraskevi of Iconiumb. 200TRChristian martyr
- Paraskeva of the Balkansb. 1000TRnot in their usual nameascetic saint
- Paraskeva Clarkb. 1898CAnot in their usual nameCanadian artist (1898-1986)
- Voula Gkikab. 1933GRnot in their usual nameGreek singer (1933–2024)
- Pasha Hristovab. 1946BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian singer
- Voula Patoulidoub. 1965GRnot in their usual nameGreek former athlete
- Paraskeva Dzhukelovab. 1970BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian actor, film actor and television actor
- Paraskevi Tsiamitab. 1972GRGreek track and field athlete
- Paraskevi Kantzab. 1976GRGreek Paralympian
- Vivy Mastralexib. 1980GRnot in their usual nameGreek singer
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 32 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 655 | #16,970 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 153 | #6,382 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 112 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 111 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 110 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 106 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 102 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 99 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 97 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 92 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 89 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 85 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
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 are other forms of the name Paraskevi?
- In the etymology graph, Paraskeve is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Paraskevi?
- A machine transcription gives /pæɹəskvi/ (IPA) for Greek.
- Is Paraskevi a male or female name?
- Paraskevi 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 Paraskevi have the most bearers?
- In Cyprus, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Παρασκευη, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Paraskevi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 657 people named Paraskevi in 2020, about 1 in 506 thousand residents.
- How common is Paraskevi compared with other names?
- In Cyprus, Paraskevi is the 537th most common given name of 8,840 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Paraskevi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/paraskeviThe 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, “Paraskevi” — the 537th most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.