Big

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Of great size, large

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Big is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • CACanada
  • GBUnited Kingdom

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
197 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Of great size, large.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Big counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Big is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—335Big197
CA Canada——Big68
GB United Kingdom——Big83
RU Russia——Big24
AU Australia——Big54
IN India—92—27
BR Brazil—78—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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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)

Big is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, Vatican City, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Bïg, Bîg

  • Thai surname114 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Laos, India

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written บิ๊ก, บก, บุ๊ค, บูกุ๊, บูกุ

  • Hindi name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Bîg

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written ബിഗ്, BigG

53 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Big 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 English, voho, nddpdi ke vono, bingo, bili

    as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language

  • In och, To make / let someone do something, cause, direct, provide

    as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

  • In ibb, a single (or ekere, ?Jkare double?) pronged metal gong, used by idi6r) and abire is6/3

    as a wordIbibio Dictionary. Final Report

  • In kr, eld, s. i) the season when fruit is ripe

    as a wordKanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

  • In French, IG (Inspector General) abbreviation of bureau de l'inspecteur général (Inspector General's Office)

    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)

1850190019502000Chief John Big Tree, b. 1877Big Jim Sullivan, b. 1941Big John Russell, b. 1943Martina Big, b. 1988

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)

Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Big
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—340#1,279
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020335#64,212
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000279#66,274
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010215#86,645
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—92#30,112
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—78#76,222
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19877—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19936—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19926—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19926—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19885—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19635—

Reference works 2

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 Big mean, and where does it come from?
Of great size, large. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
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Big is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled big.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Big”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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