Vaike

given name · Latin script

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

Vaike is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Estonia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From vaike, genitive / attributive form of vaige (“silence, calm”).

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 5.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SESweden1 in 329K
  • FIFinland1 in 929K

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.

Estonia (inferred from the name graph)

≈230 people, est.

Sources
30 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 5.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From vaike, genitive / attributive form of vaige (“silence, calm”).

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Vaike 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 Vaike is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EE Estonia#418≈230 est.≈1 in 5.4K1.2KVaike21
US United States—≈34 est.≈1 in 9.9M—Vaike30
SE Sweden—311 in 329K31Vaike7
FI Finland—61 in 929K86—1
NO Norway—≈5 est.≈1 in 1.2M5—2
LV Latvia—21 in 941K2—1

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 ee-stat-nimed register; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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)

Vaike is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Estonia, Germany, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Vaeike, Väike

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, United States, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Väike

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Väike

  • Swedish name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Väike

25 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19101920193019401950Vaike Paduri, b. 1911Vaike Tiik, b. 1921Vaike Raid, b. 1925Vaike Rannet, b. 1925Vaike Hainla, b. 1925Vaike Pilvistu, b. 1926Vaike Vahi, b. 1928Vaike Hang, b. 1932Vaike Uibopuu, b. 1940Vaike Pääsuke, b. 1941
  • Vaike Padurib. 1911EEEstonian figure skater, tennis player, gymnastics coach and figure skating coach (1911-1995)
  • Vaike Tiikb. 1921EEEstonian art historian (1921-2016)
  • Vaike Raidb. 1925EEEstonian historian (1925-1999)
  • Vaike Rannetb. 1925EEEstonian writer (1925-1999)
  • Vaike Hainlab. 1925EEEstonian forestry scientist (1925-2012)
  • Vaike Pilvistub. 1926EEEstonian writer (1926-1993)
  • Vaike Vahib. 1928EEEstonian pianist and music pedagogue (1928-1998)
  • Vaike Hangb. 1932EEEstonian geologist, local historian and environmentalist (1932-2021)
  • Vaike Uibopuub. 1940EEEstonian conductor (born 1940)
  • Vaike Pääsukeb. 1941EEEstonian graphic designer and printmaker (1941-2018)

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)

InformalTere Vaike,Hi Vaike, (English)

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 12 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Vaike
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—1.2K#128
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—64#4,238
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)199941—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200440—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200340—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200240—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200639—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200539—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200139—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200039—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200738—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)200837—

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 Vaike mean, and where does it come from?
From vaike, genitive / attributive form of vaige (“silence, calm”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
Is Vaike a male or female name?
Vaike 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.
What are other forms of the name Vaike?
In the etymology graph, Vaiko is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Vaike have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 228 people named Vaike in Estonia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled vaike.
How common is the name Vaike?
In Sweden, the national register counted 31 people named Vaike, about 1 in 329 thousand residents.
How common is Vaike compared with other names?
In Estonia, Vaike is the 418th most common given name of 9,600 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, “Vaike” — the 418th most common given name in Estonia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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