Changhai

given name · Latin script

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

Changhai is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CNChina≈1 in 95K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 717K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3M

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈15,000 people, est.

Sources
45 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 95K (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Chang-Hai in TW Taiwan.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Changhai 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 Changhai is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈15,000 est.≈1 in 95K—Changhai38
TW Taiwan≈33 est.≈1 in 717K—Chang-Hai8
US United States≈19 est.≈1 in 18M—Changhai45
ES Spain≈6 est.≈1 in 8.7M—Changhai5
CA Canada≈6 est.≈1 in 6.2M—Changhai6
PL Poland31 in 13M3——
NZ New Zealand≈2 est.≈1 in 3M—Changhai2

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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). 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)

Changhai is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, China, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Chang-Hai

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Chang-Hai

  • Thai surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written ช้างใหญ่, Changyai, แฉ่งใหญ่, ช่างใหญ่, จางหาย

30 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Changhai
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—3#26,567
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20263#24,122

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Changhai a male or female name?
Changhai is a male 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 Changhai have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Changhai in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled changhai.
How common is the name Changhai?
In Poland, the national register counted 3 people named Changhai in 2026, about 1 in 13 million residents.

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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, “Changhai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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