Mei-Lin

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 327K(measured from records)
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 19K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 47K

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)

≈24,000 people, est.

Sources
129 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Taiwan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Meilin in US United States, ID Indonesia, CN China and 4 more.

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 Portuguese

° ‘Plum jade’. Meirong ‘Beautiful countenance’.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mei-Lin 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 Mei-Lin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈24,000 est.≈1 in 59K—Meilin56
ID Indonesia≈1,700 est.≈1 in 161K—Meilin47
TW Taiwan≈1,300 est.≈1 in 19K—Mei-Lin35
US United States1,0161 in 327K990Meilin129
VE Venezuela≈180 est.≈1 in 158K—Meilin11
HN Honduras≈140 est.≈1 in 64K—Meilin6
HK Hong Kong≈120 est.≈1 in 59K—Meilin10
CR Costa Rica1091 in 47K109Meilin5

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; 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Meilin

  • Japanese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States

    Also written Meilin

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China

    Also written Meilin

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Meilin

10 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Mei-Lin 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

Is Mei-Lin a male or female name?
Mei-Lin 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 Mei-Lin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Mei-Lin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meilin.
How common is the name Mei-Lin?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,016 people named Mei-Lin in 2020, about 1 in 327 thousand 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, “Mei-Lin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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