Rïshí
given name · Latin script
Rïshí is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (whence Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬴𐬌𐬴 (ərəṣ̌iṣ̌, “seer”)), probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).
- INIndia1 in 15K(measured from records)
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 70Kfew records
- SGSingapore≈1 in 110Kfew records
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 Rïshí itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- India (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 312 (measured from records)
- 1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
86,745 people
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
India
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Rishi in IN India, US United States, BD Bangladesh 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)- Sanskritऋषिṛ́ṣi(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*r̥šíšwhence Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬴𐬌𐬴 (ərəṣ̌iṣ̌“seer”(measured from records)
From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (whence Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬴𐬌𐬴 (ərəṣ̌iṣ̌, “seer”)), probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”).
Cited for this meaning 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Rïshí 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #676 | 86,745 | 1 in 15K | 87K | Rishi | 239 |
| BD Bangladesh | #665 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Rishi | 20 |
| US United States | — | 1,124as Resh | 1 in 296K | 5.1K | Rishi | 312 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 348K | listed | Rishi | 16 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 603K | — | Rishi | 44 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 155K | — | Rishi | 32 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 114K | — | Rishi | 36 |
86,745 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. 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: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rïshí mean, and where does it come from?
- From Sanskrit ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (whence Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬴𐬌𐬴 (ərəṣ̌iṣ̌, “seer”)), probably related to अर्षति (árṣati, “to flow, pour”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Rïshí have the most bearers?
- In India, the national register counted about 87 thousand people named Rïshí, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rishi.
- Where is Rïshí most common?
- Rïshí is densest in India, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Rïshí?
- In India, the national register counted 86,745 people named Rïshí, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
- How common is Rïshí compared with other names?
- In India, Rïshí is the 676th most common surname of 1,492,515 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/r%C3%AFsh%C3%ADThe 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, “Rïshí” — the 676th most common surname in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.