Ýī

surname · Latin script

Ýī is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ukrainian ї (ji).

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 20K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 30K
  • DKDenmark1 in 50K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

11,132 people, 2020

Sources
87 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Yi in US United States, MM Myanmar (Burma).

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)

From Ukrainian ї (ji).

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ýī 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 Ýī is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—11,1321 in 30K19KYi87
ES Spain—5711 in 88K571—2
SE Sweden—5041 in 20K504——
PL Poland—1661 in 231K98——
DK Denmark—1181 in 50K69——
IS Iceland—71 in 50K7——
MM Myanmar (Burma)#146———Yi50

11,132 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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ýī under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ýī mean, and where does it come from?
From Ukrainian ї (ji). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Ýī have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Ýī, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yi.
Where is Ýī most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ýī is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ýī?
In the United States, the national register counted 11,132 people named Ýī in 2020, about 1 in 30 thousand residents.
How common is Ýī compared with other names?
In Myanmar (Burma), Ýī is the 146th most common given name of 9,528 given names recorded there.

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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, “Ýī” — the 146th most common given name in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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