Niyi
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɲiji/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Niyi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 6.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- THThailand≈1 in 40Kas นุ้ย
- GAGabon≈1 in 217K
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 Niyi 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.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 103 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈35,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled นุ้ย in TH Thailand.
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.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Niyi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #797 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Niyi | 74 |
| TH Thailand | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 40K | #291,526 | นุ้ย | 54 |
| US United States | — | 171as Nui | 1 in 1.9M | 352 | Niyi | 103 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 609K | 804 | Niyi | 75 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 24as Nui | 1 in 720K | 24 | Niyi | 5 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 665K | — | Niyi | 4 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 217K | 1 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | 2 | 1 in 19M | 9 | — | — |
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 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Niyi Osundareb. 1947NGNigerian writer
- Niyi Adebayob. 1958NGAlliance for Democracy (Nigeria) politician
- Niyi Makanjuolab. 1980NGNigerian businessman, investor and chairman of Caverton Helicopters
- Niyi Akinmolayanb. 1982NGNigerian film-maker, director and media consultant
- Niyi Adeolokunb. 1990NGIrish rugby union player
- Niyi TowolawiGBBritish film director
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 5 sources across 3 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
- How do you pronounce Niyi?
- A machine transcription gives /ɲiji/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Niyi a male or female name?
- Niyi 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 Niyi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Niyi in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled niyi.
- How common is the name Niyi?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Niyi in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
- How common is Niyi compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Niyi is the 797th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Niyi?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/niyiThe 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, “Niyi” — the 797th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.