Vi
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Vietnamese: Sino-Vietnamese: “small; do, be”; in the poem dedicated to Kiến An vương, son of Gia Long and brother of Minh Mạng
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/vaɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 41K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 46K
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)
- Sources
- 71 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Sino-Vietnamese: “small; do, be”; in the poem dedicated to Kiến An vương, son of Gia Long and brother of Minh Mạng.
Sources 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
How Vi is read(measured from records)
Vi is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Hindi53%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Vi in Hindi.
- Vietnamese30%
Sino-Vietnamese: “small; do, be”; in the poem dedicated to Kiến An vương, son of Gia Long and brother of Minh Mạng.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
alternative form of vây (“fin”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English9.1%
Initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb, often in dictionaries.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vi 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 | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 51K | — | Vi | 56 |
| US United States | 3,761 | 1 in 88K | 2.8K | Vi | 71 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Vi | 16 |
| CA Canada | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 58K | 5 | Vi | 11 |
| AU Australia | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 1 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 185 | 1 in 55K | 185 | — | 1 |
| SG Singapore | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Vi | 6 |
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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)
Vi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
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as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In men, v., to live, to breathe. Nunga via, living people
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In Latin, ablative singular of vīs (“force, strength”)
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)
- Wellington Koob. 1888TWnot in their usual nameDiplomat and former President of the Republic of China
- Vi Lylesb. 1952USAmerican politician
- Yu Lik-waib. 1966GBnot in their usual nameHong Kong cinematographer and film director
- Xiaowei Zhuangb. 1972CNnot in their usual nameChinese American biophysicist
- Chen Weib. 1975CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Tangjia Sanshaob. 1981CNnot in their usual nameChinese web novelist
- Du Weib. 1982CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Zhao Weib. 1986CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Deng Weib. 1995CNnot in their usual nameChinese actor
- Xiao Weib. 1995CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go 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 43 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.8K | #4,802 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 962 | #4,802 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 185 | #5,516 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 45 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 1996 | 6 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2005 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2011 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2006 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 are other forms of the name Vi?
- In the etymology graph, Violeta, Viola and Violetta are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Vi mean, and where does it come from?
- Sino-Vietnamese: “small; do, be”; in the poem dedicated to Kiến An vương, son of Gia Long and brother of Minh Mạng. Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.
- How do you pronounce Vi?
- A machine transcription gives /vaɪ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- In which country does Vi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.3 thousand people named Vi in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vi.
- Is Vi a male or female name?
- Vi 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.
- How common is the name Vi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,761 people named Vi in 2020, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Vi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/viThe 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, “Vi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.