Suyin

given name · Latin script

Meaning: ‘Plain or unadorned sound’, a classical expression referring to news, as in news of a person

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • VEVenezuela1 in 37K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M
  • TWTaiwan≈1 in 102K

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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,600 people, est.

Sources
89 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Su-Yin in TW Taiwan.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘Plain or unadorned sound’, a classical expression referring to news, as in news of a person. This is the given name of the 20th-century writer Han Suyin, author of A many-splendoured Thing and My house has two doors. =

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Suyin 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 Suyin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,600 est.≈1 in 528K—Suyin19
VE Venezuela7731 in 37K773Suyin20
TW Taiwan≈230 est.≈1 in 102K—Su-Yin13
US United States2031 in 1.6M201Suyin89
CL Chile≈120 est.≈1 in 151K1Suyin23
SG Singapore≈33 est.≈1 in 186K—Suyin26
CR Costa Rica281 in 182K28Suyin6

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: asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)

Suyin is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Malay given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Spain

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Su-Yin

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Suyín, Su-Yin

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States

    Also written Suyín

36 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • Suyin Aertsb. 1974BEBelgian dancer, actor and entrepreneur

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)

InformalHola Suyin,Hi Suyin, (English)

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)

Attested in 12 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Suyin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
VE Venezuelaasosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996)—773#1,929
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020201#38,064
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—28#4,744
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19939—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19908—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19877—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19916—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20004—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19924—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19884—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19824—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19804—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Suyin mean, and where does it come from?
‘Plain or unadorned sound’, a classical expression referring to news, as in news of a person. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
How do you pronounce Suyin?
A machine transcription gives /suʝin/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Suyin a male or female name?
Suyin 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 Suyin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 thousand people named Suyin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled suyin.
Where is Suyin most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Suyin is densest in Venezuela — about 1 in 37 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Suyin?
In Venezuela, the national register counted 773 people named Suyin, about 1 in 37 thousand 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, “Suyin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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