Qí

given name · Latin script

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

Qí is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 65K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 48K
  • DKDenmark1 in 111K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

5,102 people, 2020

Sources
21 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Qi in US United States, MO Macao.

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)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì).

Sources 3

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Wiktionary
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Qí 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 Qí is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5,1021 in 65K4.5KQi21
SE Sweden—2131 in 48K213—4
ES Spain—2111 in 237K398—2
PL Poland—711 in 539K41——
DK Denmark—531 in 111K36——
FI Finland—171 in 328K117—1
MO Macao#344———Qi3

5,102 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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)

Qí is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China, Czechia, Slovakia, Malaysia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Qi

5 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

0500100015002000Liu Qi, b. 101Emperor Duzong of Song, b. 1240Liu Qi, b. 1942Cai Qi, b. 1955Johnnie To, b. 1955Shu Kei, b. 1956Katherine Tai, b. 1974Shu Qi, b. 1976Kate Yeung, b. 1984Samantha Yeo, b. 1997
  • Liu Qib. 101Chinese general and politician (died 209)
  • Emperor Duzong of Songb. 1240CNnot in their usual nameemperor of the Song Dynasty
  • Liu Qib. 1942CNChinese politician
  • Cai Qib. 1955CNFirst Secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
  • Johnnie Tob. 1955CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong filmmaker (born 1955)
  • Shu Keib. 1956CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong film director and screenwriter
  • Katherine Taib. 1974USnot in their usual nameAmerican attorney (born 1974)
  • Shu Qib. 1976TWTaiwanese actress (born 1976)
  • Kate Yeungb. 1984CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress and singer
  • Samantha Yeob. 1997SGnot in their usual nameSingaporean swimmer

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Qí under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Qí mean, and where does it come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
Is Qí a male or female name?
Qí 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 Qí have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.1 thousand people named Qí, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled qi.
Where is Qí most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Qí is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 48 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Qí?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,102 people named Qí in 2020, about 1 in 65 thousand residents.
How common is Qí compared with other names?
In Macao, Qí is the 344th most common given name of 971 given names recorded there.

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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, “Qí” — the 344th most common given name in Macao. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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