Ec

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Initialism of earth closet

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

Ec is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 659K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 691K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.6M

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.

Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)

≈410 people, est.

Sources
36 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 659K (inferred from the name graph)

Indonesia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Initialism of earth closet.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ec 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 Ec is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ID Indonesia≈410 est.≈1 in 659K—Ec36
US United States2051 in 1.6M136Ec8
PH Philippines≈68 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Ec3
BD Bangladesh≈48 est.≈1 in 3.4M—Ec3
NL Netherlands251 in 691K19—2

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). 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)

Ec is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written E-C, E'C, Éç, Ëç

  • Spanish given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, India, United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written E'C, Êč, Ëč, Eč, Ëc

  • French given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, United States, India

    Also written Éc, E-C, Ėc, È-Ç, Êc

  • German given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, India

    Also written Ẹc

53 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)

Ec is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cdo, Or hing) we to push out and up, to raise, as an awning, to undress, to take off

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, reece near, by, to lean on. by the wall. to recline against, (paung-didh)

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, to make an accusation, to state one’s wrongs

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • Symbol for exacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10¹⁸ coulombs.

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

  • In Welsh, The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.

    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)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Ec
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020136#37,821
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202069#37,821
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—19#15,207
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—6#24,300

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ec mean, and where does it come from?
Initialism of earth closet. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Ec a male or female name?
Ec 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 Ec have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 405 people named Ec in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ec.
How common is the name Ec?
In the United States, the national register counted 205 people named Ec in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million 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, “Ec”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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