Shaki

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Nigerian place name

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ʃeki/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Shaki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 351K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.1M
  • CZCzechia≈1 in 1.3M

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈670 people, est.

Sources
30 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 351K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Nigerian place name

Sources 1

  • African Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shaki 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 Shaki is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈670 est.≈1 in 351KlistedShaki11
US United States1931 in 1.7M112Shaki26
GB United Kingdom≈37 est.≈1 in 1.8M9Shaki8
MY Malaysia≈29 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Shaki4
ES Spain≈16 est.≈1 in 3.2M8——
CZ Czechia≈8 est.≈1 in 1.3M1——

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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shaki is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom, India

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sha-Ki, Shakî

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Shaḳi

  • Bangla given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, United States

    Also written শাকি, Shãkí, Śhakî, Shåkï

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Egypt

    Also written S'Haki

  • Hebrew surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, India, United Arab Emirates, Greece

    Languages: Hebrew, Arabic

    Also written שאקי, שקי, Shakya, Chaki, שאכי

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Shaki is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In ccc, vagina

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

What does the name Shaki mean, and where does it come from?
Nigerian place name Recorded by African Names.
How do you pronounce Shaki?
A machine transcription gives /ʃeki/ (IPA) for English.
Is Shaki a male or female name?
Shaki 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 Shaki have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 665 people named Shaki in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shaki.
How common is the name Shaki?
In the United States, the national register counted 193 people named Shaki in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.

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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, “Shaki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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