Hiwote
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hiwote is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country.
- ETEthiopia≈1 in 2Kas Hiwot(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 71Kas Hiwet
- USUnited States1 in 351Kas Hiwot
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 Hiwote 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.
- Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 108 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈54,000 named Hiwot, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Montenegro, est., as Hiwot
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Hiwot in US United States, SE Sweden, NO Norway and 1 more and ሂወት in ET Ethiopia.
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.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hiwote 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Ethiopia | #136 | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | listed | ሂወት | 37 |
| ER Eritrea | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 30 | — | 3 |
| US United States | — | 949as Hiwot | 1 in 351K | 939 | Hiwot | 108 |
| ME Montenegro | #508 | ≈400 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Hiwot | 1 |
| SE Sweden | #945 | 144as Hiwet | 1 in 71K | 144 | Hiwot | 8 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 150K | 168 | Hiwot | 9 |
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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); The content discusses the challenges faced by Eritrean refugees and their naming conventions, published by EritreanRefug. 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Is Hiwote a male or female name?
- Hiwote 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 Hiwote have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 54 thousand people named Hiwot in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Hiwote?
- In the United States, the national register counted 949 people named Hiwot in 2020, about 1 in 351 thousand residents.
- How common is Hiwote compared with other names?
- In Ethiopia, Hiwote is the 136th most common given name of 31,392 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hiwote?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hiwoteThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Hiwote” — the 136th most common given name in Ethiopia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.