Kisei

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Variant spelling of Kissel

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

Kisei is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.

  • JPJapan≈1 in 390Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 130Mfew records

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.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈320 people, est.

Record sources
23 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 391K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Variant spelling of Kissel.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Kisei 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 Kisei is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan≈320 est.≈1 in 391KKisei23
US United States≈3 est.≈1 in 130MKisei9

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.

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)

Kisei is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Korean given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States

    Also written 기세, Gise, Kise, Ki-Se, 카이스

12 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.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Kisei under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kisei mean, and where does it come from?
Variant spelling of Kissel. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
Is Kisei a male or female name?
Kisei 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 Kisei have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 317 people named Kisei in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kisei.
How common is the name Kisei?
Mondonomo estimates about 320 people in Japan have Kisei as their first given name, about 1 in 391 thousand 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, “Kisei”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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