Qį

surname · Latin script

Qį is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 65K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 48K
  • DKDenmark1 in 111K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

5,102 people, 2020

Sources
271 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 48K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Qi in US United States, SG Singapore.

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(measured from records)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì).

Sources 3

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Wiktionary
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Qį 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 Qį is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5,1021 in 65K4.5KQi271
SE Sweden—2131 in 48K213—15
ES Spain—2111 in 237K398—16
PL Poland—711 in 539K41—1
DK Denmark—531 in 111K36——
FI Finland—171 in 328K117—6
SG Singapore#611———Qi79

5,102 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Qį under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Qį mean, and where does it come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 氣／气 (qì). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Qį have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 5.1 thousand people named Qį, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled qi.
Where is Qį most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Qį is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 48 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Qį?
In the United States, the national register counted 5,102 people named Qį in 2020, about 1 in 65 thousand residents.
How common is Qį compared with other names?
In Singapore, Qį is the 611th most common given name of 52,448 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, “Qį” — the 611th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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