Lik
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Lik is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: lubrique, impudique, obscène.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States≈1 in 1.6M
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 8.9K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
lubrique, impudique, obscène
Sources 1
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lik 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Lik | 23 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Lik | 50 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 125K | — | Lik | 49 |
| HK Hong Kong | #417 | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 8.9K | — | Lik | 49 |
| US United States | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | listed | Lik | 96 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈66 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Lik | 32 |
| AL Albania | — | 49 | 1 in 63K | 49 | Lik | 7 |
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; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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)
Lik 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 cdo, _ t-|. As in the coll. phrase I6hi active and ready * in doing, as work not prop- * eily in one's province ； also means in good health, not ailing.
as a wordAn Alphabetic Dictionary of the Chinese Language in the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a large bamboo rope for tracking boats, to raise or lower by cords
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, a pulley, a block, (lilk-ltk), a windless for raising water
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, Be ie HE id BE HE A we EL to cure, (i-dé)
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In Swedish, looking like, resembling (in appearance or other characteristics)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, form, shape, figure, appearance
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Wang Lib. 1900CNnot in their usual nameChinese linguist (1900–1986)
- Wang Lib. 1922CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician (1922-1996)
- Zhang Lib. 1953CNnot in their usual nameChinese businessman
- Yin Lib. 1962CNnot in their usual nameChinese politician
- Jin Lib. 1963CNnot in their usual nameChinese geneticist
- Chen lib. 1963CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director
- Yu Lik-waib. 1966GBHong Kong cinematographer and film director
- Gu Lib. 1983CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Zhang Lib. 1989CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Sun Lib. 1991CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Lik mean, and where does it come from?
- lubrique, impudique, obscène Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
- Is Lik a male or female name?
- Lik 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 Lik have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Lik in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lik.
- How common is the name Lik?
- In Albania, the national register counted 49 people named Lik, about 1 in 63 thousand residents.
- How common is Lik compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Lik is the 417th most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/likThe 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, “Lik” — the 417th most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.