Liki
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Liki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- ATAustria≈1 in 377K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 546K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 803K
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.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 50 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 377K (inferred from the name graph)
≈70 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Liki 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 803K | Liki | 4 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | Liki | 10 |
| US United States | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 12M | Liki | 50 |
| AT Austria | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 377K | Liki | 5 |
| DE Germany | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 4.9M | Liki | 12 |
| CH Switzerland | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 546K | Liki | 2 |
| AU Australia | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 2.2M | Liki | 11 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | Liki | 8 |
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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Liki 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 enm, alternative form of liken (“to like”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, almost, nearly, close to (in terms of quantity; usually followed by a number)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Tongan, little (plural, but only in certain compounds)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Latvian, second-person singular past indicative of likt
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Tongan, little, but only in certain compounds
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In poz-oce-pro, little, small in size or amount
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)
- Liki Toonab. 1910EEEstonian actor (1910-1984)
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 7 sources across 5 countries.
Reference works 1
- 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
- Is Liki a male or female name?
- Liki 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 Liki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 70 people named Liki in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled liki.
- How common is the name Liki?
- Mondonomo estimates about 70 people in South Africa have Liki as their first given name, about 1 in 803 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 Liki?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/likiThe same 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), 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, “Liki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.