Chanika

loc · Latin script

Meaning: Stative form of -chana: to be torn

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/tʃanika/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Chanika is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
37 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Stative form of -chana: to be torn

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Chanika counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Chanika is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—222—37
NL Netherlands—50—1
BE Belgium—6——
IN India—5—17
MW Malawi—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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Chanika is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Thai given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands

    Also written Chanakarn, Chanikar, ชณิการ์, ชนากานม์, ชิณการ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ćhanika

34 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)

  • Emmie Chanikab. 1956MWMalawian human rights activist (1956–2022)

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Chanika
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020222#35,789
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—50#8,424
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—39#13,584
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198024—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197919—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198515—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197715—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)196914—
IN Indianaampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)195914—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198713—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198613—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198413—

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 Chanika mean, and where does it come from?
Stative form of -chana: to be torn Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Chanika?
A machine transcription gives /tʃanika/ (IPA) for Swahili.
In which country does Chanika have the most bearers?
Chanika is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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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, “Chanika”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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