Sikha
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sɪkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sikha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country. Recorded meaning: a Nesta (५); a Guru (P).
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 13Kas Shikha(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 199Kas Shikha
- QAQatar≈1 in 20Kas Shikha
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sikha itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 233 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 named Shikha, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est., as Shikha
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Shikha in US United States, BD Bangladesh, AE United Arab Emirates and 4 more.
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)
a Nesta (५); a Guru (P)
Sources 1
- Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sikha 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 | #505 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Shikha | 32 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 122K | — | Shikha | 21 |
| US United States | — | 1,674as Shikha | 1 in 199K | 1.7K | Shikha | 233 |
| NP Nepal | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Shikha | 22 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Shikha | 52 |
| OM Oman | #862 | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Shikha | 11 |
| QA Qatar | #652 | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Shikha | 18 |
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. 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).
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)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sikha mean, and where does it come from?
- a Nesta (५); a Guru (P) Recorded by Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names.
- How do you pronounce Sikha?
- A machine transcription gives /sɪkə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Sikha a male or female name?
- Sikha 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 Sikha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Shikha in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sikha?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,674 people named Shikha in 2020, about 1 in 199 thousand residents.
- How common is Sikha compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Sikha is the 505th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sikha?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sikhaThe 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, “Sikha” — the 505th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.