Naku
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/nəku/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Naku is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- KGKyrgyzstan≈1 in 969K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland≈1 in 1.4M
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 11M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Naku itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 27 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 969K (inferred from the name graph)
218 named Nak, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kyrgyzstan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Nock in US United States.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Naku 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 218as Nak | 1 in 1.5M | 2.2K | Nock | 3 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 3.4M | — | Naku | 4 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 11M | — | Naku | 20 |
| AL Albania | 22as Nuk | 1 in 140K | 12 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 8as Nak | 1 in 1.3M | 8 | — | 1 |
| KG Kyrgyzstan | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 969K | — | Naku | 2 |
| FI Finland | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | 10 | — | — |
218 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling nak. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Naku 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 Filipino, an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, fear, pain, etc.: oh my; my goodness
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vep, here, there (when presenting or pointing to something)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of なく
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, naked, nude
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nrz, offspring
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Hawaiian, to wallow
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 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- How do you pronounce Naku?
- A machine transcription gives /nəku/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Naku a male or female name?
- Naku 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 Naku have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 218 people named Nak, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Naku?
- In the United States, the national register counted 218 people named Nak in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
What do you want to know about Naku?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nakuThe 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, “Naku”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.