Ei
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ei is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 15th most common given name. Recorded meaning: from the noun Ei 'egg'.
- MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 670(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 21K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 9.1K
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.
- Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 120 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 670 (inferred from the name graph)
≈84,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Myanmar (Burma), est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the noun Ei 'egg'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ei 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | #15 | ≈84,000 est. | ≈1 in 670 | 1.6M | Ei | 85 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Ei | 48 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 401K | — | Ei | 10 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Ei | 45 |
| SG Singapore | #845 | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Ei | 42 |
| US United States | — | 458 | 1 in 726K | 301 | Ei | 120 |
| FI Finland | — | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 174K | 88 | — | 4 |
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: This page features the most common names in Myanmar, published on WorldNames.; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Ei 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.
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as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, the rumbling of wheels, a threshold, the rumbling of wheels
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, to swallow, to bolt, to appropriate, to seize, to usurp
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In ine-pro, part./conj.: and, if
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In Latin, alternative form of hei (“expression of grief or fear”)
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)
- Ei Kandab. 1961JPJapanese Go player
- Ei Takahashib. 1975JPJapanese politician
- Ei Mochizukib. 1985JPJapanese voice 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 179 | #106,101 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 127 | #133,048 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname 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 does the name Ei mean, and where does it come from?
- from the noun Ei 'egg' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- Is Ei a male or female name?
- Ei 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 Ei have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 84 thousand people named Ei in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ei.
- How common is the name Ei?
- In the United States, the national register counted 458 people named Ei in 2020, about 1 in 726 thousand residents.
- How common is Ei compared with other names?
- In Myanmar (Burma), Ei is the 15th most common given name of 9,528 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eiThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ei” — the 15th most common given name in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.