Umi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: mother
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈumi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Umi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 87th most common given name.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 3K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 3.1K
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 6K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈85,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
mother
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Umi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #87 | ≈85,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | listed | Umi | 152 |
| MY Malaysia | #319 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Umi | 51 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Umi | 13 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Umi | 9 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 190K | listed | Umi | 16 |
| HK Hong Kong | #969 | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Umi | 5 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Umi | 20 |
| US United States | — | 277 | 1 in 1.2M | 217 | Umi | 59 |
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: the id-github-names register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the african-book-names-hodari-2003 register. 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)
Umi 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.
Life
as a nameThe book of African names
my mother
as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
In Lao, *hà:t ken’ thiñ/ Buddh: v. present robes to Buddhist bonzés or bring in religious offerings at the time of Kathin:
as a wordLao-English Dictionary
In xbr, marine fish with horn on the head, unicorn fish: Siganus javus
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Esperanto, to do something, perform some sort of action
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)
- Umi Yaguchib. 1982JPJapanese actress
- Umi Oikawab. 1992JPJapanese AV idol
- Umi Shinonomeb. 1996JPJapanese gravure idol, model, actress, YouTuber, cosplayer
- Umi Yatsugakeb. 2000JPJapanese AV idol
- Umi UsamiJPJapanese illustrator
- Umi AyaseJPJapanese mangaka
- Umi M Abd Hamidresearcher
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 217 | #31,104 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 60 | #31,104 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 5 | — |
| NG Nigeria | The African Book of Names (Hodari, 2003) | — | — | — |
| NG Nigeria | A Handbook of African Names (Asante, 1976) | — | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- 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 Umi mean, and where does it come from?
- mother Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Umi?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈumi/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Umi a male or female name?
- Umi 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 Umi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 85 thousand people named Umi in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled umi.
- How common is the name Umi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 277 people named Umi in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Umi compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Umi is the 87th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/umiThe 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, “Umi” — the 87th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.