Rin
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of りん
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rin is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 422K(measured from records)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 44K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 54K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 162 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)
789 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of りん
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Rin, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rin 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 789 | 1 in 422K | 469 | Rin | 162 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Rin | 22 |
| PH Philippines | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 553K | — | Rin | 36 |
| IT Italy | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 434K | — | Rin | 15 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 459K | listed | Rin | 49 |
| SG Singapore | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 54K | — | Rin | 17 |
| XK Kosovo | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 155K | 22 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 141K | listed | — | 1 |
| IS Iceland | 2 | 1 in 175K | 2 | — | — |
789 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)
Rin 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.
In Spanish, Parque, jardín
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Khmer, truth, law, discipline (in a religious sense)
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)
In German, alternative form of rein (“inside”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In aqg, you, second person singular pronoun, as object
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
ISO 639-3 language code for Nungu.
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)
- Rin Yamashitab. 1857JPJapanese icon painter (1857-1939)
- Rin Inumarub. 1958JPmanga artist and essayist (1958-2006)
- Rin Ayaneb. 1981JPJapanese actor and model
- Rin Aokib. 1985JPJapanese model and AV idol
- Rin Ogawab. 1985JPJapanese gravure idol, actress and AV idol
- Rin Takanashib. 1988JPJapanese actress
- Rin Asukab. 1991JPJapanese actress
- Rin Aizawab. 1995JPJapanese voice actress
- Rin Honokab. 1996JPJapanese actor
- Rin Usamib. 1999JPJapanese novelist
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 38 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 463 | #49,150 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 454 | #46,811 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 354 | #54,522 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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
- Is Rin a male or female name?
- Rin 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.
- What does the name Rin mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of りん Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rin?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɪn/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- In which country does Rin have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 789 people named Rin, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rin.
- How common is the name Rin?
- In the United States, the national register counted 789 people named Rin in 2020, about 1 in 422 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rinThe 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, “Rin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.