Besnik
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛsnik/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Besnik is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country, where it is the 6th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From besnik ("loyal"), compound of besë ("given word, trust"), + suffix -nik.
- ALAlbania1 in 567(measured from records)
- XKKosovo≈1 in 247
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Besnik itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 83 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 247 (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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 besnik ("loyal"), compound of besë ("given word, trust"), + suffix -nik.
Sources 1
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Besnik 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | #6 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 247 | 7K | Besnik | 15 |
| AL Albania | #13 | 5,422 | 1 in 567 | 5.4K | Besnik | 62 |
| MK North Macedonia | #547 | 1,759as Бесник | 1 in 1.2K | 1.8K | Besnik | 15 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 4 | Besnik | 22 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Besnik | 17 |
| SI Slovenia | #233 | 129 | 1 in 16K | 129 | Besnik | 4 |
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: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); State Statistical Office — living population names; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SURS — resident population given 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Besnik Bekteshib. 1941ALAlbanian politician
- Besnik Mustafajb. 1958ALAlbanian writer and diplomat
- Besnik Bishab. 1958ALFilm director, actor
- Besnik Bilalib. 1963ALAlbanian association football player
- Besnik Hasib. 1971ALAlbanian footballer and footballcoach
- Besnik Musajb. 1973ALAlbanian cyclist
- Besnik Zukajb. 1978RSSerbian footballer
- Besnik Krasniqib. 1990XKKosovar footballer
- Besnik Krapifilm producer
- Besnik Sahatçiufather of Rita Ora
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 32 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 7K | #20 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 5.4K | #19 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1987 | 384 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1986 | 371 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1988 | 353 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1989 | 339 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1985 | 333 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1984 | 308 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1983 | 308 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1990 | 277 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1982 | 269 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1991 | 268 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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
- What does the name Besnik mean, and where does it come from?
- From besnik ("loyal"), compound of besë ("given word, trust"), + suffix -nik. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Besnik?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛsnik/ (IPA) for Albanian.
- Is Besnik a male or female name?
- Besnik 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 Besnik?
- In the etymology graph, Besim is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Besnik have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Besnik in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled besnik.
- How common is the name Besnik?
- In Albania, the national register counted 5,422 people named Besnik, about 1 in 567 residents.
- How common is Besnik compared with other names?
- In Kosovo, Besnik is the 6th most common given name of 3,412 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Besnik?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/besnikThe 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, “Besnik” — the 6th most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.