Kinki

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Kinki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Dated form of Jinxi.

rarermore common
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 8.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 233K
  • CNChina≈1 in 258K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,400 people, est.

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Dated form of Jinxi.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kinki 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.

Where Kinki is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈5,400 est.≈1 in 258KKinki7
HK Hong Kong≈860 est.≈1 in 8.4KKinki14
MY Malaysia≈140 est.≈1 in 233KKinki10
ZA South Africa≈29 est.≈1 in 2MKinki2
SG Singapore≈16 est.≈1 in 398KKinki8

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.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kinki is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Mexico

    Also written Kînkí, Kïnkï

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kinki is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, island, Japan

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Estonian, partitive singular of king

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, ( V-arr ap. Totor Arr ). "Alto, desgarbado" Totor Arr . v. kinkili, kinkil.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

  • In Latvian, Kansaja - ekonomiskais rajons Japānā

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • 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 Kinki mean, and where does it come from?
Dated form of Jinxi. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Kinki a male or female name?
Kinki 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 Kinki have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.4 thousand people named Kinki in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kinki.
How common is the name Kinki?
Mondonomo estimates about 5,400 people in China have Kinki as their first given name, about 1 in 258 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Kinki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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