Fi

loc · Latin script

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

Fi is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 1.5M(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 42K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 78K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,900 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
105 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FiLatin(measured from records)
פיHebrew(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Fiy in MY Malaysia.

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)

recorded in Korean

宋 微 子 之 后 ,春秋 时 宋 戴 公 五 世 孙 , 宋 司 Bet 之 后 ,有 老 男 氏 , 见 《 姓 考 》(17 60,552) 。 & 城 luocheng

Sources 6

  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Wiktionary
  • YorùbáName Dictionary

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fi 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 Fi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,900 est.≈1 in 42K—Fi51
MY Malaysia≈420 est.≈1 in 78K—Fiy20
IT Italy≈370 est.≈1 in 168K—Fi8
FR France≈320 est.≈1 in 210K—Fi1
US United States≈220 est.≈1 in 1.5MlistedFi105
GH Ghana≈190 est.≈1 in 151K—Fi6
BR Brazil1101 in 1.9M110—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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

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

  • Portuguese name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Portugal, Italy, Mexico

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Fï, Fī, Fî, Fì, Fį

  • French surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Fî, Fï, Fí, Fį, Fī

  • Malay name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia

    Also written Fï, Fî, Fí, Fį

  • Arabic surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

    Also written Fî, Fï, Fį, Fí, Fī

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Fí, Fī, Fî

  • Bangla given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia

    Also written Phi, Fee, ফি, Fî, Fí

41 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Fi is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Akan, V. 15. fi gua P8.6S, 24(25). - 24. efifi utaban fa, it makes it- self wings; Pr.23,5. fi wusiw, to emit smoke, to smoke. Ge.lo,J7. mti-ase, 2. determination, direction or tendency to some end. K.§tf^2. *fiaso, As. a weight of gold. *li-bea, place from which a thing comes; mine, Job2S,l

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In cdo, to remonstrate with #8 FR the compasses and square, custom, law, regulation, 4 tp normative science. seed fees, (Ong-gié). BL X a treaty, a contract

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, at the capital, (baek-ging) FRYE musical instrument. Rg metropolitan officials, RH Peking fruits, dried fruits. HR a dried fruit store, grocery

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In dag, bury; cover KO normally pi - you either have a strange dialect, a strange informant, or a hearing problem here [TN]

    as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD

  • In cdo, versed in, experienced, to acquiesce, to follow, to go about, to proceed in order

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, to buy grain in preparation for famine. BC) #@ to store up merit, (Budd.)

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

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 9 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

In which country does Fi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Fi in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fi.
How common is the name Fi?
In Brazil, the national register counted 110 people named Fi, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.

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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, “Fi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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