Viret
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/viʁɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Viret is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 51K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 20K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 190K
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)
- Sources
- 187 (measured from records)
- 1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Viret 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 51K | 146 | Viret | 187 |
| CH Switzerland | 418 | 1 in 20K | 418 | Viret | 30 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | Viret | 17 |
| US United States | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 9.3M | listed | Viret | 44 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 3.2M | 21 | Viret | 17 |
| AU Australia | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Viret | 21 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 993K | — | Viret | 3 |
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); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Viret is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latin, third-person singular present active indicative of vireō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pierre Viretb. 1511CHSwiss theologian
- Abraham Viretb. 1691Born: 1691 Died: ca. 1765?
- Frédéric Viretb. 1822FRComposer and choirmaster
- Louis Viretb. 1875botanist (1875-1928)
- Henri Viretb. 1882CHSwiss politician (1882-1974)
- Jean Viretb. 1894FRgeologist and paleontologist from France
- Jean Viretb. 1929FRFrench fighter of the Algerian War
- Jacques Viretb. 1943CHSwiss organist and musicologist
- Gérald-Brice Viretb. 1967FRFrench journalist
- Sebastien Viretb. 1978FRresearcher in particle physics
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 418 | #3,151 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 224 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 219 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 199 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 177 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 166 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 161 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 160 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 148 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 146 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 135 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 120 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- How do you pronounce Viret?
- A machine transcription gives /viʁɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Viret have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Viret in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled viret.
- Where is Viret most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Viret is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Viret?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 418 people named Viret in 2024, about 1 in 20 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Viret?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/viretThe 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, “Viret”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.