Yaki
given name · Latin script
Meaning: teppanyaki
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jaki/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yaki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 45Kas יקי(inferred from the name graph)
- PLPoland1 in 19M
- CRCosta Rica1 in 2.5Mas Yaky
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 Yaki 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.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 41 (measured from records)
- 1 in 19M (inferred from the name graph)
≈190 named יקי, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled יקי in IL Israel, IR Iran.
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)
teppanyaki
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yaki 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 45K | 119 | יקי | 41 |
| IR Iran | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 33M | — | יקי | 1 |
| CR Costa Rica | 2as Yaky | 1 in 2.5M | 2 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 2 | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | 2 |
| US United States | — | — | — | Yaki | 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: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Yaki is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, alternative form of yakis (“Celebes crested macaque”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of やき
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In brg, fire
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)
- Paul Yakib. 1883FRFounder of the Musée de Montmartre, writer and speaker (1883–1964)
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)
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 8 sources across 5 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- 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 Yaki mean, and where does it come from?
- teppanyaki Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Yaki?
- A machine transcription gives /jaki/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Yaki a male or female name?
- Yaki 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 Yaki have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 194 people named יקי in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Yaki most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Yaki is densest in Poland — about 1 in 19 million people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Yaki?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Yaki in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
What do you want to know about Yaki?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yakiThe 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, “Yaki”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.