Nhi
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Vietnamese: and, and then, and yet
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɲi˨˨/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nhi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Vietnam than in any other country, where it is the 56th most common given name.
- VNVietnam≈1 in 310(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 62K
- ISIceland1 in 22K
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.
- Vietnam (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 186 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 310 (inferred from the name graph)
≈320,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Vietnam, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Acronym of no human involved (“describing a crime committed against a person deemed societally undesirable”).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Nhi is read(measured from records)
Nhi is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Vietnamese89%
and, and then, and yet
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English6.1%
Acronym of no human involved (“describing a crime committed against a person deemed societally undesirable”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nhi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VN Vietnam | #56 | ≈320,000 est. | ≈1 in 310 | listed | Nhi | 186 |
| US United States | — | 5,336 | 1 in 62K | 4.9K | Nhi | 142 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 56K | 1 | — | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 128K | 5 | Nhi | 39 |
| SE Sweden | — | 259 | 1 in 39K | 259 | Nhi | 7 |
| FI Finland | — | 112 | 1 in 50K | 290 | — | 2 |
| IS Iceland | — | 16 | 1 in 22K | 16 | — | — |
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 vn-kaggle-given register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); the ca-statcan-baby-names register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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)
Nhi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
ISO 639-3 language code for Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mzs, alternative form of nhim: girl, miss
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Welsh, nasal mutation of ti
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)
- Nhi Dob. 1986CACanadian actress
- Yaya Trương Nhib. 1990VNVietnamese actress and model
- Phùng Nguyễn Phương Nhib. 1990VNbadminton player
- Diệu Nhib. 1991VNVietnamese actress and comedian
- Nhi Leb. 1995DEGerman journalist (born 1995)
- Li Ernot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB=188090
- Lu Ernot in their usual nameperson, CBDB = 162359
- Cui Ernot in their usual nameTang dynasty person CBDB = 163729
- Chu Ernot in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 122058
- Suo Ernot in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 429891
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).
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 27 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.9K | #3,747 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 423 | #3,747 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 290 | #1,445 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 259 | #4,347 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 112 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1999 | 43 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1995 | 41 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 41 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 40 | #7,325 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 40 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 40 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Nhi come from?
- Acronym of no human involved (“describing a crime committed against a person deemed societally undesirable”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Nhi?
- A machine transcription gives /ɲi˨˨/ (IPA) for Vietnamese.
- In which country does Nhi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 319 thousand people named Nhi in Vietnam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nhi.
- Is Nhi a male or female name?
- Nhi is a female 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 does the name Nhi mean?
- In Vietnamese, and, and then, and yet
- How common is the name Nhi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,336 people named Nhi in 2020, about 1 in 62 thousand residents.
- How common is Nhi compared with other names?
- In Vietnam, Nhi is the 56th most common given name of 73,918 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nhi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nhiThe 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, “Nhi” — the 56th most common given name in Vietnam. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.