Unruly

given name · Latin script

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

Unruly is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Wild; uncontrolled.

rarermore common
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 32K
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ghana (inferred from the name graph)

≈930 people, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Jamaica, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Wild; uncontrolled.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Unruly 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 Unruly is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GH Ghana#748≈930 est.≈1 in 32KUnruly7
JM Jamaica#119≈700 est.≈1 in 4KUnruly7
NG Nigeria—≈190 est.≈1 in 1.1MUnruly4
US United States—≈73 est.≈1 in 4.6MUnruly19
ZA South Africa—≈27 est.≈1 in 2.1MUnruly1
CA Canada—≈9 est.≈1 in 4MUnruly4

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.

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)

Unruly is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Unrulý, Ûñrülŷ, Üñrûly, Üñrúlý, Ùñrûly

  • Hindi given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ghana

    Also written Unrúly, Ûnrüly, Ùñrüly

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Úñrûly

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Űnřuľÿ

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Ûnrûly, Ünrûlÿ, Ûñřùĺý

22 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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Unruly under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Unruly mean, and where does it come from?
Wild; uncontrolled. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Unruly a male or female name?
Unruly 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 Unruly have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 931 people named Unruly in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled unruly.
How common is the name Unruly?
Mondonomo estimates about 930 people in Ghana have Unruly as their first given name, about 1 in 32 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Unruly compared with other names?
In Ghana, Unruly is the 748th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.

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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, “Unruly” — the 748th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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