Jiji
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jiji is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country. In Uganda it is the 86th most common given name. In English, recorded as An urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 69K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
- TNTunisia≈1 in 4.7K
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.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 111 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,400 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
An urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Jiji is read(measured from records)
Jiji is one spelling over 5 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.
- Hindi48%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Jiji in Hindi.
- English11%
An urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Japanese8.8%
Rōmaji transcription of じじ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French7.0%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Jiji in French.
- Arabic6.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Jiji in Arabic.
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Jiji 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | listed | Jiji | 7 |
| CN China | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 528K | — | Jiji | 16 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Jiji | 14 |
| TN Tunisia | #924 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.7K | — | Jiji | 7 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | Jiji | 31 |
| US United States | — | 287 | 1 in 1.2M | 217 | Jiji | 111 |
| UG Uganda | #86 | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 171K | — | Jiji | 3 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Jiji | 3 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Jiji 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 Cebuano, a nickname for females whose names starts with a J
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In iai, a bird: Halcyon sanctus canacorum
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In zlm, disgust
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Swahili, city
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 22 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- What does the name Jiji mean, and where does it come from?
- An urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Jiji a male or female name?
- Jiji is a female 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 Jiji have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.4 thousand people named Jiji in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jiji.
- How common is the name Jiji?
- In the United States, the national register counted 287 people named Jiji in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Jiji compared with other names?
- In Uganda, Jiji is the 86th most common given name of 2,133 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jiji?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jijiThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 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, “Jiji” — the 86th most common given name in Uganda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.