Jigme
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jigme is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 101K(inferred from the name graph)
- NPNepal≈1 in 127K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 444K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 81 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 101K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jigme 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 528K | — | Jigme | 6 |
| NP Nepal | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 127K | 1 | — | — |
| US United States | 190 | 1 in 1.8M | 171 | Jigme | 81 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 101K | 3 | Jigme | 9 |
| AU Australia | ≈57 est. | ≈1 in 444K | — | Jigme | 41 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Jigme | 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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jigme Lingpab. 1729Buddhist Lama of the Nyingma lineage (1730–1798)
- Jigme Wangchuckb. 1906BTKing of Bhutan (1906-1952)
- Jigme Palden Dorjib. 1919BTPrime Minister of Bhutan (1919-1964)
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuckb. 1929BTKing of Bhutan (1929-1972)
- Jigme Palbar Bistab. 1930NPNepalese politician (1930-2016)
- Jigme Thinleyb. 1952BTPrime Minister of Bhutan
- Jigme Singye Wangchuckb. 1955BTKing of Bhutan from 1972–2006
- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuckb. 1980BTfifth and reigning King of Bhutan
- Jigme Namgyel Wangchuckb. 2016BTelder son of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema
- Jigme Ugyen Wangchuckb. 2020BTson of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and Queen Ashi Jetsun Pema
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 10 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 3 | #154,370 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Is Jigme a male or female name?
- Jigme 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 Jigme have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Jigme in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jigme.
- How common is the name Jigme?
- In the United States, the national register counted 190 people named Jigme in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jigmeThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Jigme”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.