Vik
given name · Latin script
Meaning: an inlet (arm of the sea)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/vɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vik is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 59K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia≈1 in 77K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 78K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 216 (measured from records)
- 1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
an inlet (arm of the sea)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vik 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Vik | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 515K | — | Vik | 12 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 182K | 27 | Vik | 88 |
| CA Canada | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 110K | — | Vik | 70 |
| IT Italy | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Vik | 6 |
| NL Netherlands | 294 | 1 in 59K | 294 | Vik | 8 |
| BE Belgium | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Vik | 32 |
| CZ Czechia | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 77K | 475 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | ≈74 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Vik | 17 |
| SK Slovakia | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 98K | 22 | — | — |
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: Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); MVČR — living population register 2017; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). 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)
Vik 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 Swedish, a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Faroese, little bend
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zom, to launch
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Lithuanian, Greičiausiai trumpinys iš Bazilius, Bazjlius (žr.). Baziukas BAZIŪKAS „Btr, V (of. Baziuk) (2) — žr. Bazjs.
as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In Lithuanian, Plg. Lūtvis (žr.). Iš liet. Iūtvis, latvjs „latvių tautos žmogus“ (LKŽ VII 175).
as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
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)
- Vik Munizb. 1961BRBrazilian photographer and sculptor (born 1961)
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 36 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 475 | #3,214 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 475 | #2,986 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 27 | #74,851 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 22 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Vik a male or female name?
- Vik is a male 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 Vik mean, and where does it come from?
- an inlet (arm of the sea) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Vik?
- A machine transcription gives /vɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Vik have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Vik in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vik.
- Where is Vik most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Vik is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 59 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Vik?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 294 people named Vik, about 1 in 59 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Vik?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vikThe 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, “Vik”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.