Kisu

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of きす

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

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

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 464K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 10M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

12 people

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 464K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rōmaji transcription of きす

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kisu 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 Kisu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland121 in 464K40—2
SE Sweden11 in 10M1——
US United States———Kisu36
DE Germany———Kisu13
IN India——3Kisu6
AU Australia——1Kisu7
CA Canada———Kisu7

12 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kisu is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kišū

  • Korean given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Iran, Australia

    Languages: Korean, English, Persian

    Also written 기수, Gisu, Gisoo, Ki-Su, Gi-Su

29 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)

Kisu 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 Slovenian, dative/locative singular of kis

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, imperative of kisi

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Finnish, kitty, pussy-cat

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In szy, you (singular)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ctz, fishnet

    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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Kisu
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—40#7,788
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—40#7,846
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—12—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19838—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19818—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19867—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19776—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19686—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19915—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19785—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19735—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)19705—

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kisu mean, and where does it come from?
Rōmaji transcription of きす Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Kisu a male or female name?
Kisu 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.
In which country does Kisu have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 12 people named Kisu, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kisu most common?
Kisu is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 464 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kisu?
In Finland, the national register counted 12 people named Kisu, about 1 in 464 thousand 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, “Kisu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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