Լի

surname · Armenian script

Լի is a surname written in the Armenian script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Azerbaijan it is the 2nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 180as Leyla(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 183as Lee
  • GEGeorgia1 in 246as ლეილა

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 Լի 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,800,000 named Li, est.

#63 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

9 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
670 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 180 (inferred from the name graph)

Azerbaijan, est., as Leyla

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LeeLatin(measured from records)
ЛейлаCyrillic(measured from records)
ליליHebrew(measured from records)
ไลลาThai(measured from records)
ԼիլիArmenian(measured from records)
ლეილაGeorgian(measured from records)
리리Hangul(measured from records)
ΙιGreek(measured from records)
ለኢላEthiopic(measured from records)

14 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lee in US United States, GB United Kingdom, MY Malaysia, Li in CN China, HK Hong Kong, TW Taiwan, Leyla in TR Türkiye, AZ Azerbaijan and Leila in GE Georgia.

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 in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Լի 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 Լի is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈3,800,000 est.≈1 in 368—Li266
TR Türkiye#56185,230as Leyla1 in 443185KLeyla114
MY Malaysia#19≈180,000 est.≈1 in 1832.9KLee216
US United States#31164,578as Lee1 in 2K696KLee670
GB United Kingdom#38≈150,000 est.≈1 in 4482.2KLee408
TW Taiwan—≈67,000 est.≈1 in 355—Li187
AZ Azerbaijan#2≈57,000 est.≈1 in 1802.4KLeyla79
HK Hong Kong#63≈23,000 est.≈1 in 309—Li183
GE Georgia#4116,232as ლეილა1 in 24616KLeila39

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; TÜİK NIP — most used given names; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); data.gov.my — Name Popularity Dashboard (JPN, by decade and ethnicity); Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Jiang Qing, b. 1914Lee Kuan Yew, b. 1923Li Peng, b. 1928Lee Hsien Loong, b. 1952Ang Lee, b. 1954Li Keqiang, b. 1955Jet Li, b. 1963Li Na, b. 1982Lee Chong Wei, b. 1982Li Wenliang, b. 1985
  • Jiang Qingb. 1914CNnot in their usual nameChinese political figure and wife of Mao Zedong (1914–1991)
  • Lee Kuan Yewb. 1923SG1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
  • Li Pengb. 1928CNnot in their usual name4th Premier of the People's Republic of China (1928–2019)
  • Lee Hsien Loongb. 1952SG3rd Prime Minister of Singapore from 2004 to 2024
  • Ang Leeb. 1954TWTaiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)
  • Li Keqiangb. 1955CNnot in their usual namePremier of the People's Republic of China from 2013 to 2023
  • Jet Lib. 1963CNnot in their usual nameChinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor
  • Li Nab. 1982CNnot in their usual nameChinese tennis player
  • Lee Chong Weib. 1982MYMalaysian badminton player
  • Li Wenliangb. 1985CNnot in their usual nameChinese ophthalmologist known for warning about the coronavirus in December 2019 (1986-2020)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Լի 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

In which country does Լի have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.8 million people named Li in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Լի?
In Türkiye, the national register counted 185,230 people named Leyla in 2025, about 1 in 443 residents.
How common is Լի compared with other names?
In Azerbaijan, Լի is the 2nd most common given name of 28,848 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, “Լի” — the 2nd most common given name in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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