Piki
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Piki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 113K(inferred from the name graph)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 152K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 200K
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.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 22 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 113K (inferred from the name graph)
≈280 people, est.
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, 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.
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Piki 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 | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Piki | 5 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈48 est. | ≈1 in 152K | — | Piki | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 113K | — | Piki | 3 |
| US United States | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 13M | — | Piki | 7 |
| FI Finland | 9 | 1 in 619K | 41 | — | 1 |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 705K | listed | — | — |
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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Piki 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 English, A paper-thin, dry, rolled bread made by the Hopi with nixtamalized blue corn meal.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pik
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In aud, sticky sap, as that of the breadfruit; glue
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Finnish, pitch (material made by distilling tar)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tvl, adhere; cling; be towed by a canoe
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Tongan, hold on, cling, stick or adhere
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 41 | #27,230 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register) | — | 21 | — |
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 Piki a male or female name?
- Piki 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.
- In which country does Piki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 282 people named Piki in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled piki.
- How common is the name Piki?
- In Finland, the national register counted 9 people named Piki, about 1 in 619 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pikiThe 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, “Piki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.