Rivet
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: rivet (mechanical fastener)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʁivɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rivet is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 35K
- USUnited States1 in 171K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 248 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Mauritius, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Rivet is read(measured from records)
Rivet is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French54%
rivet (mechanical fastener)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
De (Le) Rivet, nom de plusieurs localités en France.
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
- English37%
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rivet 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #861 | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 761 | Rivet | 248 |
| CN China | — | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 277K | — | Rivet | 5 |
| US United States | — | 1,949 | 1 in 171K | 1.9K | Rivet | 141 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 35K | 1 | Rivet | 100 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Rivet | 5 |
| MU Mauritius | #531 | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | — | Rivet | 7 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 93K | — | Rivet | 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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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)
Rivet is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, third-person singular present active subjunctive of rīvō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, weather strip, draught excluder
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, definite singular of riv
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)
- André Rivetb. 1573FRFrench pastor, professor and theologian (1572-1651)
- Jean-Charles Rivetb. 1800FRFrench politician (1800-1872)
- Paul Rivetb. 1876FRFrench ethnologist (1876-1958)
- Louis Rivetb. 1883FRFrench military personnel (1883-1958)
- Jules Rivetb. 1884FRFrench journalist (1884–1946)
- Élise Rivetb. 1890FRRoman Catholic nun and Holocaust victim (1890–1945)
- Daniel Rivetb. 1942FRFrench historian
- Catherine Rivetb. 1958FRFrench actress, politician
- Kristen McDonald Rivetb. 1970USAmerican politician
- Craig Rivetb. 1974CACanadian ice hockey defenceman
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 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.9K | #15,127 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.8K | #14,857 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,327 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 950 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 886 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 879 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 801 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 782 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 761 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 707 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Rivet come from?
- A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rivet?
- A machine transcription gives /ʁivɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Rivet mean?
- In French, rivet (mechanical fastener)
- In which country does Rivet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.7 thousand people named Rivet in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rivet.
- How common is the name Rivet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,949 people named Rivet in 2010, about 1 in 171 thousand residents.
- How common is Rivet compared with other names?
- In France, Rivet is the 861st most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rivetThe 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, “Rivet” — the 861st most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.