Ice
org · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ice is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.
- GHGhana≈1 in 139K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.8M
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 70K
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.
- Ghana (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 282 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 70K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ïçê in NG Nigeria.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishis(measured from records)
- Old Englishīs“ice”(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*īs(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*īsą(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyH-(measured from records)
From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Cognates See also West Frisian iis, Dutch ijs, German Low German Ies, German Eis, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish is; also Lithuanian ýnis (“glazed frost”), Russian и́ней (ínej, “hoarfrost”), Ossetian их (ix), ех (ex, “ice”), Persian یخ (yax), Northern Kurdish qeş.
Sources 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ice 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 139K | — | Ice | 8 |
| US United States | 180 | 1 in 1.8M | 4K | Ice | 282 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 1.2M | — | Ïçê | 18 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 70K | — | Ice | 19 |
| SG Singapore | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 124K | — | Ice | 24 |
| SE Sweden | 40 | 1 in 255K | 40 | — | 6 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 339K | — | Ice | 14 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Tim Iceb. 1974USAmerican horse trainer
- Aiza Seguerrab. 1983PHnot in their usual nameFilipino actor singer and Chairman of the National Youth Commission
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 23 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4K | #8,295 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4K | #7,725 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.7K | #8,516 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 99 | #40,999 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 81 | #40,999 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 40 | #15,823 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 6 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 does the name Ice mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English is, from Old English īs (“ice”), from Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
- In which country does Ice have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 212 people named Ice in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ice.
- How common is the name Ice?
- In the United States, the national register counted 180 people named Ice in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/iceThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Ice”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.