Kikis

given name · Latin script

Meaning: scraping down (asperities off wood, barnacles off a ship’s bottom, fleecing; not of fine work like sandpapering, but of scratching a sore or holding a knife at right angles to a wooden surface and scr

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

/kikis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kikis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 1.6M(inferred from the name graph)
  • COColombia≈1 in 3.8M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 12M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈28 people, est.

Sources
14 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.6M (inferred from the name graph)

Guatemala, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

scraping down (asperities off wood, barnacles off a ship’s bottom, fleecing; not of fine work like sandpapering, but of scratching a sore or holding a knife at right angles to a wooden surface and scraping

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kikis 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.

Where Kikis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈28 est.≈1 in 12MlistedKikis14
CO Colombia≈13 est.≈1 in 3.8M—Kikis2
GT Guatemala≈11 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Kikis2
PL Poland≈3 est.≈1 in 13M2——
MX Mexico———Kikis14

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kikis is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kiki'S, Kikiş, Kîkîs

  • Greek given name6 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Κίκης, Κικης, Kikes, Κικής, Κικις

  • Ukrainian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Кікіс, Кикис, Кікис

25 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)

Kikis 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 iba, scrape, scrape off (as old paint from wood)

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

  • In mrw, to scrape, shave

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

  • In nij, scraped, shaved

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

  • In dtp, to scrape

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

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)

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)

InformalHola Kikis,Hi Kikis, (English)

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)

Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Kikis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#345,536
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname 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

What does the name Kikis mean, and where does it come from?
scraping down (asperities off wood, barnacles off a ship’s bottom, fleecing; not of fine work like sandpapering, but of scratching a sore or holding a knife at right angles to a wooden surface and scr… Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Kikis?
A machine transcription gives /kikis/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Kikis a male or female name?
Kikis is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Kikis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 28 people named Kikis in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kikis.
How common is the name Kikis?
Mondonomo estimates about 28 people in the United States have Kikis as their first given name, about 1 in 12 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Kikis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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