Hiki

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in Japanese: Rōmaji transcription of ひき

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

Hiki is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Japan.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan
  • ZASouth Africa
  • ILIsrael

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

How Hiki is read(measured from records)

Hiki is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Japanese49%

    Rōmaji transcription of ひき

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

  • English15%

    A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

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)

Hiki is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Tongan, to lift, raise (including the raising of prices, wages, etc.); to move from one place or position to another; to transfer; to copy; to quote; to translate

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Swahili, [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#Ki-vi class|ki class_((VII))]] inflected form of hii

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

  • In tvl, lift; shift a house; replant; a stick kept in canoe to help lift

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Māori, to carry (in the arms)

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Hiki Yoshikazu, b. 1200Hiki Yoshimoto, b. 1202Fumiko Hima, b. 1964Rie Hiki, b. 1965
  • Hiki Yoshikazub. 1200JPJapanese warrior-noble of the Kamakura period
  • Hiki Yoshimotob. 1202JPJapanese Buddhist monk (1202-1286)
  • Fumiko Himab. 1964JPnot in their usual nameJapanese accounting researcher
  • Rie Hikib. 1965JPJapanese actress born in October 1965

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Hiki
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202614—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—14#110,362
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20266—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—6#177,761

Reference works 2

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

Where does the name Hiki come from?
A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Hiki mean?
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ひき
In which country does Hiki have the most bearers?
Hiki is most frequently recorded in Japan.

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About this data

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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.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hiki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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