Ika
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., verselbstständigte friesische
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈika/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ika is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 58th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 12K
- HRCroatia1 in 3.4K
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
- 204 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., verselbstständigte friesische
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ika 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.
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; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)
Ika 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 lua, to bear, bring forth, yield, produce. Used only of cassava, potatoes, peanuts, and other ground products. Contrast with kuama.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In lua, to come down or descend (from a tree), step down, get down.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In poz-pol-pro, fish
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Māori, fish, marine animal, aquatic animal - any creature that swims in fresh or salt water including marine mammals such as whales
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Tongan, fish, incl. also turtles (_fonu_) and whales (_tofuaʔa_), but not eels, cuttle-fish or jelly-fish
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Ika Freudenbergb. 1858DEGerman activist (1858-1912)
- Ika Comfortyb. 1920ILBulgarian-born Israeli architect and Holocaust survivor (1920-2011)
- Ika Maričićb. 1943HRCroatian sprinter
- Ika Huberb. 1953DEGerman artist (born 1953)
- Ika Kaminkab. 1958NONorwegian translator
- Ika Nordb. 1960SESwedish actress and mime
- Ika Henyb. 1968IDIndonesian badminton player
- Ika Johannessonb. 1974SESwedish writer and journalist
- Ika Sperlingb. 1996DEGerman illustrator and writer (born 1996)
- Ika WillisGBresearcher
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 43 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 1.3K | #490 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 845 | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- How do you pronounce Ika?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈika/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- What does the name Ika mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., verselbstständigte friesische
- Is Ika a male or female name?
- Ika 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 Ika have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 207 thousand people named Ika in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ika.
- How common is the name Ika?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 1,256 people named Ika in 2021, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Ika compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Ika is the 58th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ikaThe 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, “Ika” — the 58th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.