Mek
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məʔ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mek is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 9.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- PGPapua New Guinea≈1 in 97K
- GYGuyana1 in 750K
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.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 20 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mek 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #808 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 9.2K | — | Mek | 20 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Mek | 3 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 844K | — | Mek | 20 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | — | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 97K | 18 | — | 2 |
| US United States | — | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | — | Mek | 7 |
| DK Denmark | — | 7 | 1 in 838K | 7 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | 1 | 1 in 750K | 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: PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Mek is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Hungarian, bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gem-pro, me; accusative of *ek
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Albanian, to bleat, stammer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In lid, reef; low tide
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In jam, to make
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mek Pekb. 1964DKDanish musician
- Mek Narongritb. 1997THbadminton player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 18 | #80 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #8,202 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #593 |
Reference works 2
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- 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
- What does the name Mek mean, and where does it come from?
- Initialism of methyl ethyl ketone. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Mek?
- A machine transcription gives /məʔ/ (IPA) for Malay.
- Is Mek a male or female name?
- Mek 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 Mek have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 thousand people named Mek in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mek.
- How common is the name Mek?
- In Denmark, the national register counted 7 people named Mek, about 1 in 838 thousand residents.
- How common is Mek compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Mek is the 808th most common given name of 388,685 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mekThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mek” — the 808th most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.