Nejc

given name · Latin script

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

Nejc is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Slovenia than in any other country, where it is the 13th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • SISlovenia1 in 264(measured from records)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 352K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 377K

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.

Slovenia (measured from records)

7,956 people, 2025

Sources
97 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 264 (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nejc 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 Nejc is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SI Slovenia#137,9561 in 2648KNejc97
DE Germany—≈76 est.≈1 in 1.1MlistedNejc26
US United States—≈25 est.≈1 in 14M—Nejc33
AT Austria—≈24 est.≈1 in 377K—Nejc12
CH Switzerland—≈19 est.≈1 in 450K—Nejc7
NL Netherlands—≈18 est.≈1 in 986K—Nejc8
EE Estonia—≈3 est.≈1 in 352Klisted—2

7,956 people counted by SURS — resident population given names, 2025. 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: SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); the de-munich-vornamen register; the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. 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)

Nejc is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nejč

  • Slovak given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Slovenia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Nejč

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Slovenia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Нейц, Неиц

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Jernej Zaplotnik, b. 1952Nejc Brodar, b. 1982Nejc Gazvoda, b. 1985Nejc Pečnik, b. 1986Nejc Potokar, b. 1988Nejc Skubic, b. 1989Nejc Mevlja, b. 1990Nejc Dežman, b. 1992Nejc Plesec, b. 1994Nejc Krevs, b. 1995

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 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Nejc
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—8K#46
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20258K#29
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20247.9K#29
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20237.9K#29
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20227.8K#30
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20217.8K#31
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20207.7K#32
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20197.6K#32
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20187.5K#32
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20177.4K#33
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20167.3K#34
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20157.1K#34

Reference works 3

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 Nejc a male or female name?
Nejc 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.
What are other forms of the name Nejc?
In the etymology graph, Bart, Bartosz and Bartolomeu are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jernej.
In which country does Nejc have the most bearers?
In Slovenia, the national register counted about 8.0 thousand people named Nejc, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nejc.
Where is Nejc most common?
Nejc is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 264 people carrying it.
How common is the name Nejc?
In Slovenia, the national register counted 7,956 people named Nejc in 2025, about 1 in 264 residents.
How common is Nejc compared with other names?
In Slovenia, Nejc is the 13th most common given name of 4,300 given names recorded there.

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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, “Nejc” — the 13th most common given name in Slovenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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