Yannick

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in French: a male given name from Breton

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

Yannick is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Cameroon it is the 18th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 535(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 915
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.3K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈74,000 people, est.

Sources
383 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 535 (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

French form of Yann, from Hebrew meaning he answers

Sources 1

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Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Yannick is read(measured from records)

Yannick is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French87%

    a male given name from Breton

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

    Diminutif breton de Yann/Jean, du grec Ioánnēs < hébreu Yôḥānān « Dieu fait grâce ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Dérivé breton de Yann, forme de Jean (hébreu).

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • German5.0%

    in den i97oer-Jahren entlehnter männl. Vom., französische Schreibweise von bretonisch Yannig, einer Koseform von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yannick 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 Yannick is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#179≈74,000 est.≈1 in 91587KYannick383
CM Cameroon#18≈52,000 est.≈1 in 535—Yannick54
CD Congo - Kinshasa#63≈40,000 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Yannick31
BE Belgium#235≈8,700 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Yannick148
CH Switzerland#264≈5,100 est.≈1 in 1.7K—Yannick124
US United States—1,6241 in 205K1.5KYannick261

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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)

Yannick is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • German given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Netherlands, Belgium

    Languages: German, English, Dutch

    Also written Yànnick, Yäññïčk, Yännïčk, Yanníck, Yaññick

63 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)

Yannick is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, French form of Yann, from Hebrew meaning he answers

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  • Cameroon/Francophone African: name of Yannick Noah, a professional tennis player and singer.

    as a nameAfrican Names

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)

196019802000Yannick Noah, b. 1960Yannick Bisson, b. 1969Yannick Renier, b. 1975Yannick Nézet-Séguin, b. 1975Yannick Boli, b. 1988Yannick Bolasie, b. 1989Yannick Agnel, b. 1992Yannick Carrasco, b. 1993Yannick Gerhardt, b. 1994Franck Kessié, b. 1996

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 75 sources across 46 countries.

Official registers attesting Yannick
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202487K#2,186
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)19935.1K#1,995
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.5K#8,805
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202098#8,805
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202519—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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

Where does the name Yannick come from?
French form of Yann, from Hebrew meaning he answers Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
What does the name Yannick mean?
In French, a male given name from Breton
Is Yannick a male or female name?
Yannick 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.
What are other forms of the name Yannick?
In the etymology graph, Janet, Jack and Janice are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Yannick have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 74 thousand people named Yannick in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yannick.
How common is the name Yannick?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,624 people named Yannick in 2020, about 1 in 205 thousand residents.
How common is Yannick compared with other names?
In France, Yannick is the 179th most common given name of 754,146 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, “Yannick” — the 179th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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