國
given name · Han script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
國 is a given name written in the Han script, most frequently recorded in Japan. Recorded meaning: From ancient Guo Ai; also from Jiang, Ji, and Wei lineages, plus Baekje and ethnic surnames.
- JPJapan
- MYMalaysia
- CNChina
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 14 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From ancient Guo Ai; also from Jiang, Ji, and Wei lineages, plus Baekje and ethnic surnames.
Sources 1
- 中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
國 counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
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: 全國姓名統計分析 — National Name Statistical Analysis; DSEC Macau — NameStatistic surname sweep (2025 register 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)
國 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 Chinese, country; nation; nation-state; kingdom
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, state (n.)
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
In Vietnamese, chữ Hán form of quốc (“nation; state; country”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Korean, hanja form of 국 (“country; state; nation”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, country, nation, nation-state
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 4 sources across 2 countries.
Reference works 1
- 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 國 mean, and where does it come from?
- From ancient Guo Ai; also from Jiang, Ji, and Wei lineages, plus Baekje and ethnic surnames. Recorded by 中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary).
- Is 國 a male or female name?
- 國 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.
- In which country does 國 have the most bearers?
- 國 is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled 國.
What do you want to know about 國?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/%E5%9C%8BThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “國”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.