Chî
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Chî is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Hokkien or 徐 (Chhî) or 錢／钱 (Chîⁿ).
- USUnited States1 in 29K(measured from records)
- VNVietnam≈1 in 361
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 3.2K
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.
- Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 376 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 361 (inferred from the name graph)
≈270,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vietnam, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Chi in US United States, AU Australia, VN Vietnam and Chii in MY Malaysia, NG Nigeria, SG Singapore.
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 Hokkien or 徐 (Chhî) or 錢／钱 (Chîⁿ).
Sources 3
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chî 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 361 | — | Chi | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Chii | 53 |
| US United States | 11,341 | 1 in 29K | 8.5K | Chi | 376 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Chii | 63 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈4,600 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Chî | 5 |
| AU Australia | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | 4 | Chi | 170 |
| SG Singapore | ≈770 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Chii | 76 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Chî 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 scn, contracted articled preposition used for masculine and feminine plural nouns, which do not start with a vowel
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hts, to see, to know
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Chî mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hokkien or 徐 (Chhî) or 錢／钱 (Chîⁿ). Recorded by Wiktionary and Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2) and 1 other source.
- Is Chî a male or female name?
- Chî is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Chî have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 273 thousand people named Chî in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chi.
- How common is the name Chî?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,341 people named Chî in 2020, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
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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, “Chî”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.