Chic
org · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃik/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Chic is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably derived from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”).
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
- CACanada
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.
- United States (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 104 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Frenchchic“elegant”(measured from records)
- GermanSchick“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”(measured from records)
Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably derived from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chic counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 267 | Chic | 104 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | — | Chic | 31 |
| AU Australia | — | — | Chic | 12 |
| CA Canada | — | — | Chic | 21 |
| DE Germany | — | — | Chic | 16 |
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 — 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Chic Johnsonb. 1891USAmerican comedian (1891–1962)
- Chic Murrayb. 1919GBBritish actor (1919-1985)
- Chic Stoneb. 1923USAmerican comics artist (1923–2000)
- Chic Hechtb. 1928USAmerican politician (1928-2006)
- Chic Andersonb. 1931USAmerican sports announcer
- Chic Brodieb. 1937GBScottish footballer (1937-2000)
- Chic Brodieb. 1944GBScottish politician (born 1944)
- Chic Batesb. 1949GBEnglish football player and manager (born 1949)
- Chic McLellandb. 1953GBScottish footballer and manager (born 1953)
- Chic Charnleyb. 1963GBScottish footballer (born 1963)
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 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 267 | #77,462 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 231 | #81,772 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 142 | #114,166 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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 Chic mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably derived from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Chic?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃik/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Chic have the most bearers?
- Chic is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled chic.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chicThe 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, “Chic”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.