Yook
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/iʊk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yook is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 3.2M
- SGSingapore≈1 in 143K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 140 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yook 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Yook | 22 |
| US United States | 103 | 1 in 3.2M | 254 | Yook | 140 |
| SG Singapore | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Yook | 14 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 411K | — | Yook | 4 |
| AU Australia | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 795K | — | Yook | 27 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 339K | — | Yook | 3 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)
Yook is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Khmer, 1 . n. unity, union, bond; application; effort; s u c c e s s , wealth; sin; plot, scheme. 2 . p. to decide; to get involved in; to pursue, to seek, to plan one’s move. Ctint^fijtn lack of perseverance, com placency. CEIflt^i CnjH end of worries, state of being without worries
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)
In stp, avocado
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)
- Yuk Jong-gwanb. 1893KRnot in their usual name(1893-1965)
- Yuk In-sunb. 1914KRnot in their usual name(1914-1972)
- Yuk In-soob. 1919KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean politician (1919-2001)
- Yuk Young-soob. 1925KRnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of South Korea (1925-1974)
- Yook Mi-rab. 1962KRSouth Korean actress
- Yook Joong-wanb. 1980KRSouth Korean singer
- Yook So-youngb. 1983KRSouth Korean actress
- Yook Sung-jaeb. 1995KRSouth Korean singer and actor
- Yuk Jun-seob. 1996KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean actor
- Yuk Jidamb. 1997KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean 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)
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 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 54 | #53,039 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 49 | #53,039 |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- How do you pronounce Yook?
- A machine transcription gives /iʊk/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Yook a male or female name?
- Yook 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 Yook have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Yook in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yook.
- How common is the name Yook?
- In the United States, the national register counted 103 people named Yook in 2020, about 1 in 3.2 million residents.
What do you want to know about Yook?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yookThe 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, “Yook”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.