Krik
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɹɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Krik is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Angola than in any other country. Recorded meaning: čekrk, Hebemaschine, Hebezeug.
- USUnited States≈1 in 2.7M(inferred from the name graph)
- AOAngola≈1 in 141K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 812K
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.
- Angola (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 78 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 141K (inferred from the name graph)
≈230 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Angola, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
čekrk, Hebemaschine, Hebezeug
Sources 1
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Krik 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO Angola | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Krik | 1 |
| US United States | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 2.7M | 6 | Krik | 78 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 812K | — | Krik | 1 |
| IT Italy | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 2.1M | — | Krik | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 2.6M | — | Krik | 19 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Krik | 8 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Krik | 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: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). 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)
Krik is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, "shout."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Dutch, jack (mechanical device for lifting heavy machinery)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, scream, cry
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vo, cricket
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gmq-gut, cattle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tfr, rifle
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.
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)
Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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
- What does the name Krik mean, and where does it come from?
- čekrk, Hebemaschine, Hebezeug Recorded by Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74).
- How do you pronounce Krik?
- A machine transcription gives /kɹɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Krik a male or female name?
- Krik 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 Krik have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 231 people named Krik in Angola, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled krik.
- How common is the name Krik?
- Mondonomo estimates about 230 people in Angola have Krik as their first given name, about 1 in 141 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Krik?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/krikThe 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, “Krik”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.