Ui
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Initialism of unemployment insurance
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈjuˈaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ui is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.6M(measured from records)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 233K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 449K
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
- 111 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 233K (inferred from the name graph)
212 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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(measured from records)
Initialism of unemployment insurance.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
How Ui is read(measured from records)
Ui is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 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.
- English28%
Initialism of unemployment insurance.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Hindi18%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ui in Hindi.
- Japanese15%
Rōmaji transcription of うい
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Korean11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Ui in Korean.
- Spanish5.1%
initialism of Unidad Indexada
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Ui 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 | 212 | 1 in 1.6M | 115 | Ui | 111 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 233K | — | Ui | 15 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈91 est. | ≈1 in 2.3M | — | Ui | 10 |
| CA Canada | ≈41 est. | ≈1 in 920K | — | Ui | 11 |
| BR Brazil | ≈32 est. | ≈1 in 6.6M | 47 | — | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 569K | — | Ui | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 449K | — | Ui | 7 |
| FI Finland | 5 | 1 in 1.1M | 15 | — | — |
212 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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); 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)
Ui 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 Akan, me r e-s a [obfere mu nsa] refreshment after hard work or figJUing
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Finnish, alternative form of oi (“oh”) (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, initialism of Universitas Indonesia (“University of Indonesia”)
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)
- Xiaowei Zhuangb. 1972CNnot in their usual nameChinese American biophysicist
- Tangjia Sanshaob. 1981CNnot in their usual nameChinese web novelist
- Du Weib. 1982CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Zhao Weib. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Xiao Weib. 1995CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Deng Weib. 2000CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Dang Weinot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 438294
- Wang Weinot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 262136
- Wang Weinot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 337166
- Wang Weinot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 32777
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 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 47 | #109,451 |
Reference works 2
- 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
- What does the name Ui mean, and where does it come from?
- Initialism of unemployment insurance. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Ui?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈjuˈaɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Ui a male or female name?
- Ui 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 Ui have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 212 people named Ui, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ui.
- How common is the name Ui?
- In the United States, the national register counted 212 people named Ui in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
What do you want to know about Ui?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/uiThe 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, “Ui”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.