Rumi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The Latin alphabet or writing system used for Malay and Indonesian
Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 31 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/rumˈɪ/(machine-generated) Turkish · model-generated
Rumi is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 4.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 78Kfew records
- SESweden1 in 79K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 147 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈33,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)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)The Latin alphabet or writing system used for Malay and Indonesian.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Rumi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Rumi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #356 | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | listed | Rumi | 52 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Rumi | 76 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 128K | — | Rumi | 11 |
| US United States | — | 1,041 | 1 in 320K | 729 | Rumi | 147 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈470 est. | ≈1 in 174K | — | Rumi | 5 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Rumi | 17 |
| SE Sweden | — | 129 | 1 in 79K | 129 | — | 4 |
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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)Rumi is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Malay, ellipsis of tulisan Rumi, the Latin alphabet adopted for Malay since the 19th century
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, genitive/dative/locative singular of Rumia
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Quechua, rock, stone
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In aia, to fold
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Rumi Tamab. 1949JPJapanese actor and film director
- Rumi Sakakibarab. 1951JPJapanese actress
- Rumi Mushab. 1958JPJapanese translator
- Rumi Kazamab. 1965JPJapanese professional wrestler and AV idol
- Rumi Jafferyb. 1966INIndian film director (born 1974)
- Rumi Ochiaib. 1973JPJapanese actress and voice actress
- Rumi Shishidob. 1973JPJapanese actress, voice actress, singer and media personality
- Rumi Hiiragib. 1987JPJapanese actress
- Rumi Hanaib. 1987JPJapanese actress
- Rumi Utsugib. 1988JPJapanese association football player
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)63 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 176 | #107,521 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 122 | #137,327 |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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 Rumi a male or female name?
- Rumi is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.
- What does the name Rumi mean, and where does it come from?
- The Latin alphabet or writing system used for Malay and Indonesian. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Rumi?
- In Turkish /rumˈɪ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Rumi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Rumi in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rumi.
- How common is the name Rumi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,041 people named Rumi in 2020, about 1 in 320 thousand residents.
- How common is Rumi compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Rumi is the 356th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rumi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rumiThe 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, “Rumi” — the 356th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.