慈
given name · Han script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
慈 is a given name written in the Han script, with more bearers in Taiwan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from the ancestor name Zimou/Ziwu; also said to descend from a son of the Qi king of Zhou.
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 42K(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 2.9M
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 173K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Taiwan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 46 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈570 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Taiwan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the ancestor name Zimou/Ziwu; also said to descend from a son of the Qi king of Zhou
Sources 1
- 新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
慈 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TW Taiwan | #856 | ≈570 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 86 | 慈 | 41 |
| CN China | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | 354 | 慈 | 46 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 739K | — | 慈 | 2 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 173K | — | 慈 | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | — | — | — | — | 慈 | 2 |
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: the cn-chinesenames register; 全國姓名統計分析 — National Name Statistical Analysis. 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)
慈 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, from a posthumous title, a branch of the Humu clan, or the Cizhou place name
as a name中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
In Chinese, to love; to show affection to
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, loving, kind
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
In Vietnamese, chữ Hán form of từ (“maitrī, benevolence, loving-kindness”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, mercy
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 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 2004 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: household-registered population — surnames + given names (no time axis) | — | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1995 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1985 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1975 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1965 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1945 | — | — |
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 慈 mean, and where does it come from?
- from the ancestor name Zimou/Ziwu; also said to descend from a son of the Qi king of Zhou Recorded by 新华姓氏词典 (Xinhua dictionary of Chinese surnames).
- Is 慈 a male or female name?
- 慈 is a female 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 慈 have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 568 people named 慈 in Taiwan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled 慈.
- How common is the name 慈?
- Mondonomo estimates about 570 people in Taiwan have 慈 as their first given name, about 1 in 42 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is 慈 compared with other names?
- In Taiwan, 慈 is the 856th most common given name of 662,391 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, “慈” — the 856th most common given name in Taiwan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.