Hanyi

given name · Latin script

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

/hɑnji/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hanyi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 44K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CNChina≈1 in 147K
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 152K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈9,500 people, est.

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 44K (inferred from the name graph)

Taiwan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hanyi 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 Hanyi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈9,500 est.≈1 in 147K—Hanyi37
TW Taiwan≈540 est.≈1 in 44K—Hanyi14
CO Colombia≈65 est.≈1 in 753K—Hanyi15
HN Honduras≈61 est.≈1 in 152K—Hanyi4
US United States≈54 est.≈1 in 6.1M—Hanyi74
VE Venezuela≈48 est.≈1 in 598K—Hanyi7
HK Hong Kong≈18 est.≈1 in 405K—Hanyi5
CR Costa Rica51 in 1M5Hanyi2

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: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)

Hanyi is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, China, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Han-Yi, Hänyi, Haenyi

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Han-Yi, Hànyī

  • Korean given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Macao, Russia

    Also written 하늬, 하니, Hanui, Ha-Nui, Ha-Nŭi

  • Hungarian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hányi

24 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)

Hanyi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In lua, loc. interrog. adv., where? whither? whence? § 381.

    as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language

  • In ace, pertaining to the smell of fish

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In knx, to harvest

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informal你好,Hanyi!Hi Hanyi, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Hanyi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—5#14,715

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Hanyi?
A machine transcription gives /hɑnji/ (IPA) for Chinese.
Is Hanyi a male or female name?
Hanyi 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 Hanyi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Hanyi in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hanyi.
How common is the name Hanyi?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 5 people named Hanyi, about 1 in 1.0 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, “Hanyi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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