Jankiel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 5 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/ʒɐ̃kiɛl/(machine-generated) Portuguese · model-generated
Jankiel is a male given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil.
- BRBrazil
- UYUruguay
- FRFrance
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.
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.
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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Jankiel Wiernikb. 1889PLPolish holocaust survivor (1889–1972)
- Jankel Adlerb. 1895PLnot in their usual nameJewish-Polish painter and printmaker whose siblings were murdered by Nazis (1895-1949)
- Jankiel Herszkowiczb. 1910PLPolish artist (1910-1972)
- Jankiel Dawinskib. 1931PLHolocaust victim (born 1931)
- Jankiel Falenbogenb. 1932PLHolocaust victim (born 1932)
- Jankiel Czarnieckib. 1933PLHolocaust victim (born 1933)
- Jankiel Lewinb. 1933PLHolocaust victim (born 1933)
- Jankiel Kwaterb. 1933PLHolocaust victim (born 1933)
- Jankiel Cyniakowskib. 1934PLHolocaust victim (born 1934)
- Jankiel Pitlukb. 1936PLHolocaust victim (born 1936)
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)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 71 | #23,353 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 62 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 61 | #57,499 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 37 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 36 | #3,870 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 36 | #4,217 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 30 | #53,647 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1980 | 25 | — |
| PR Puerto Rico | SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt) | 2011 | 5 | #509 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 1927 | 2 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Jankiel?
- It depends on the language: in Portuguese /ʒɐ̃kiɛl/; in Spanish /xankjel/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Jankiel a male or female name?
- Jankiel 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 Jankiel have the most bearers?
- Jankiel is most frequently recorded in Brazil.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jankielThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jankiel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.