Bakau
loc · Latin script
Meaning: mangrove (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Bakau is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Malaysia.
- MYMalaysia
- GMGambia
- IDIndonesia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
mangrove (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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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)
Bakau is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, mangrove
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In zlm, mangrove-covered swamp; mangrove tree, specifically of true mangroves (Rhizophorae)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In iba, true mangrove: Rhizophora spp.
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Latvian, pilsēta Gambijā, Bandžulas piepilsēta, 38100 iedzīvotāju (1993. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #249,991 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 3 | #33 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bakau mean, and where does it come from?
- mangrove (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Bakau have the most bearers?
- Bakau is most frequently recorded in Malaysia.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bakauThe 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, “Bakau”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.