Kyî

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Kyî is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Myanmar (Burma) than in any other country, where it is the 43rd most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowing from Burmese ကြည် (krany).

rarermore common
  • MMMyanmar (Burma)≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 112K
  • USUnited States1 in 459K

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.

Myanmar (Burma) (inferred from the name graph)

≈41,000 people, est.

Sources
125 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Myanmar (Burma), est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kyi in MM Myanmar (Burma), US United States, MY Malaysia and 4 more.

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)

Borrowing from Burmese ကြည် (krany).

Sources 2

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kyî 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 Kyî is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MM Myanmar (Burma)#43≈41,000 est.≈1 in 1.4KlistedKyi72
ID Indonesia—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 196K—Kyi8
US United States—7241 in 459K1.1KKyi125
CN China—≈720 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Kyi4
MY Malaysia—≈290 est.≈1 in 112K—Kyi17
SG Singapore—≈280 est.≈1 in 23K—Kyi14
NO Norway—341 in 161K34Kyi8

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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)

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

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Kyi, Kyī

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 Kyî under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kyî mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowing from Burmese ကြည် (krany). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
Is Kyî a male or female name?
Kyî 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 Kyî have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 41 thousand people named Kyî in Myanmar (Burma), more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kyi.
How common is the name Kyî?
In the United States, the national register counted 724 people named Kyî in 2010, about 1 in 459 thousand residents.
How common is Kyî compared with other names?
In Myanmar (Burma), Kyî is the 43rd most common surname of 12,945 surnames recorded there.

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The 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, “Kyî” — the 43rd most common surname in Myanmar (Burma). Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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