Yn

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Yn is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 40Kas In(inferred from the name graph)
  • ATAustria≈1 in 47Kas In
  • USUnited States1 in 223Kas In

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 Yn 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 named In, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
251 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 31K (inferred from the name graph)

North Korea, est., as In

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

InLatin(measured from records)
איןHebrew(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled In in US United States, DE Germany, AT Austria.

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 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yn 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.

Where Yn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈2,000 est.≈1 in 40K—In91
US United States1,492as In1 in 223K2.1KIn251
KP North Korea≈830 est.≈1 in 31K1——
FR France≈720 est.≈1 in 94K44—3
KR South Korea≈590 est.≈1 in 87K24K—5
AT Austria≈190 est.≈1 in 47K—In22

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; KOSIS — 2015 census surnames; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yn is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru

    Also written Yñ, Y'N, Ỷn, Ýn

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Yñ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ÿñ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Y-N

  • Chinese name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, Taiwan

    Also written Y-N

  • French name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Ÿn, Y-N, Ýn, Yñ, Ÿñ

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, India, Japan, United States

    Also written Yñ, Ỷn, Ýn

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Yn 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 Welsh, grammatical particle used in conjunction with bod (“to be”) to mark adjectival, nominal, or verbal predicate complements

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In wlm, grammatical particle used in conjunction with bot (“to be”) to mark adjectival, nominal, or verbal complements

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, alternative form of in (“inn”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In yol, alternative form of ing (“in”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Symbol for yottanewton, an SI unit of force equal to 10²⁴ newtons.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, Abbreviation of yeoman.

    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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Yn
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Yn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named In in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Yn?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,492 people named In in 2010, about 1 in 223 thousand residents.

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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, “Yn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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