Sinu
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/sɪnu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sinu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 616K(inferred from the name graph)
- NONorway1 in 8.1Kas Sina
- SESweden1 in 16Kas Sina
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sinu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 71 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 616K (inferred from the name graph)
3,063 named Sina, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Sina in US United States, BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sinu 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 | 3,063as Sina | 1 in 109K | 3.7K | Sina | 67 |
| NO Norway | 672as Sina | 1 in 8.1K | 2.3K | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | 642as Sina | 1 in 16K | 642 | — | 2 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 616K | — | Sina | 24 |
| FI Finland | 249as Sina | 1 in 22K | 341 | — | 1 |
| DK Denmark | 219as Sina | 1 in 27K | 143 | — | — |
| AL Albania | 50as Sina | 1 in 61K | 50 | — | — |
3,063 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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)
Sinu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In goh, strong masculine/neuter instrumental singular of sīn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fj, unscented coconut oil leftover after boiling
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In se, accusative/genitive singular of sitnu
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, accusative singular of sina
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, ablative singular of sinus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, sinew, nerve, tendon
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.
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 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #47,408 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #47,002 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1 | #62,024 |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- How do you pronounce Sinu?
- A machine transcription gives /sɪnu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Sinu a male or female name?
- Sinu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Sinu have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.1 thousand people named Sina, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sinu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,063 people named Sina in 2020, about 1 in 109 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Sinu?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sinuThe 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, “Sinu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.