Putu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/pˈutu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Putu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country, where it is the 55th most common given name.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 153K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 102K
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
- 184 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈100,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Putu 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #55 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | listed | Putu | 184 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Putu | 14 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 153K | 1 | Putu | 54 |
| US United States | — | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 3.4M | listed | Putu | 78 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 848K | — | Putu | 7 |
| PL Poland | — | 64 | 1 in 598K | 33 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 109K | — | Putu | 16 |
| SE Sweden | — | 36 | 1 in 283K | 36 | — | 6 |
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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Putu 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 Malay, A type of kuih made from mung bean crushed with sugar.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tsg, a confection made by steaming grated cassava
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In car, piece of decorated flat wood with a squared-off end and sharp edges, formerly used as a war club and now used as a ceremonial implement; bludgeon, mace
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sbb, tree with a nut ending in a tuft which is used to brush the body: Barringtonia sp.
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In yka, steamed cassava; balls or clumps are made of grated cassava and steamed
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)
- Putu Dinda Ratna Pratiwib. 2005IDbadminton player
- I Putu Roy DanuIDbadminton player
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 19 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 36 | #16,925 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 33 | #4,161 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 33 | #4,507 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 31 | #3,165 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 31 | #3,166 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2012 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2006 | 1 | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Putu mean, and where does it come from?
- kue putu: an Indonesian (kue) traditional cylindrical-shaped and green-colored steamed cake Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Putu?
- A machine transcription gives /pˈutu/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Putu a male or female name?
- Putu 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 Putu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 101 thousand people named Putu in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled putu.
- How common is the name Putu?
- In Poland, the national register counted 64 people named Putu in 2026, about 1 in 598 thousand residents.
- How common is Putu compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Putu is the 55th 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/putuThe 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, “Putu” — the 55th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.