Shili

loc · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Shili is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 225K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 323K
  • SESweden1 in 1.7M

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈300 people, est.

Sources
123 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 225K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled S'Hili in FR France.

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.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shili 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 Shili is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈300 est.≈1 in 225K47S'Hili123
IN India321 in 41M32—7
CH Switzerland261 in 323K26—1
ES Spain141 in 3.6M14——
SE Sweden61 in 1.7M6—3
BE Belgium41 in 2.9M4—5

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). 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)

Shili is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Chinese given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in China

    Also written SHI-Li

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Shïlï

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tunisia

    Also written S'Hili, Şhïľį, SHI-Li, Shilí, Shïli

  • Arabic surname16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tunisia

    Also written S'Hili, Shîlî, Shîlï, Sĥíli, Shīlī

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written SHI-Li

  • Bangla given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written শিলি, Shilly

30 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)

Shili 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 dag, 1. preparation 2. readiness 3. maali shili, to prepare; to be ready

    as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD

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 14 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Shili
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—326#2,584
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—67#29,633
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199147—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198140—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—32#59,049
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202426#30,302
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—14#101,339
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197111—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6#50,322
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20084#109,608
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#23,065
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19612—

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

In which country does Shili have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 301 people named Shili in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled s'hili.
How common is the name Shili?
In India, the national register counted 32 people named Shili, about 1 in 41 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, “Shili”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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