Bì

given name · Latin script

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

Bì is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country, where it is the 82nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Short for Bitrus (“Peter”).

rarermore common
  • VNVietnam≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 127K
  • USUnited States1 in 231K

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 Bì 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.

Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,500 people, est.

Sources
81 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)

Vietnam, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bi in VN Vietnam, US United States.

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)

Short for Bitrus (“Peter”).

Sources 4

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bì 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 Bì is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
VN Vietnam#82≈2,500 est.≈1 in 39KlistedBi81
ES Spain—2,142as Pi1 in 23K2.1K—7
US United States—1,4381 in 231K2.5KBi53
BR Brazil—622as Pi1 in 340K622——
UY Uruguay—589as Pi1 in 5.8K589——
AR Argentina—412as Pi1 in 110K412——
FI Finland—441 in 127K59—1

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 — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bì is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, China, United States, Pakistan

    Also written Bi, Bî, Bï, Bī, Bí

  • Arabic surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Algeria, Pakistan, Egypt

    Also written Bi, B'I, Bï, Bî, Bí

  • Italian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, India, United Kingdom

    Also written Bi, Bî, Bï, Bí, Bị

  • English surname29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Bi, Bî, Bï, Bí, Bī

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Bi, Bí, Bỉ, Bị

  • Burmese surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), Pakistan, India, United States

    Also written Bi, Bị, Bį, Bĩ, Bí

3 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Liu Pi, b. 150Li Mi, b. 722Zhang Bi, b. 930Tao Bi, b. 1015Luo Bi, b. 1131Li Bi, b. 1159Zhang Bi, b. 1425Shao Bi, b. 1535
  • Liu Pib. 150not in their usual nameChinese general
  • Li Mib. 722not in their usual nameChinese chancellor
  • Zhang Bib. 930Chinese poet
  • Tao Bib. 1015Song dynasty person CBDB = 26942
  • Luo Bib. 1131Song historian (1131–1189)
  • Li Bib. 1159Song dynasty politician, 1159-1222
  • Zhang Bib. 1425Ming dynasty painter and politician (jin shi 1466) (1425-1487)
  • Shao Bib. 1535Ming dynasty person CBDB = 128543
  • Pang BiMing dynasty person CBDB = 318422
  • Xu BiMing dynasty person CBDB = 322654

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 Bì under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bì mean, and where does it come from?
Short for Bitrus (“Peter”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1) and 2 other sources.
Is Bì a male or female name?
Bì is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Bì have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Bì in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bi.
How common is the name Bì?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,438 people named Bì in 2010, about 1 in 231 thousand residents.
How common is Bì compared with other names?
In Vietnam, Bì is the 82nd most common surname of 62,915 surnames 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, “Bì” — the 82nd most common surname in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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