Ersi

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

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

Ersi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Greek given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Cyprus, United Kingdom

  Also written Έρση, Ersē, Ερση, Έρσι, Erse

• Turkish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye

  Also written Erşi

• Croatian name6 spellings in the group

  Also written Erši, Ерси

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ersī

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Érsi

30 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)

Ersi is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, first-person singular past historic of ergere

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Ersi Venetsanoub. 1951GRGreek artist
• Ersi Sotiropoulosb. 1953GRGreek writer (born 1953)
• Ersi Danoub. 1964GRGreek screenwriter
• Ersi VasilikiotiGRGreek writer and director
• Ersi DriniGRGreek set designer and costume designer
• Ersi SeirliGRGreek writer and choreographer
• Ersi MantzaniGRGreek actress
• Ersi PittaGRGreek choreographer
• Ersi ValavaniGRGreek actress
• Ersi VoskaridouGRresearcher

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ersi?

A machine transcription gives /ɛrsi/ (IPA) for Indonesian.

Is Ersi a male or female name?

Ersi 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.

In which country does Ersi have the most bearers?

In Albania, the national register counted about 889 people named Ersi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ersi.

Where is Ersi most common?

Ersi is densest in Albania, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.5 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Ersi?

In Albania, the national register counted 889 people named Ersi, about 1 in 3.5 thousand residents.