Yakir
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries
/jɑkiɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yakir is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 3.1Kas יקיר(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 99K
- ETEthiopia≈1 in 298K
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 Yakir 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)
- Record sources
- 80 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 99K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,800 named יקיר, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled יקיר in IL Israel, BG Bulgaria, ET Ethiopia.
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)Yakir 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 | #614 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 705 | יקיר | 75 |
| ET Ethiopia | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 298K | — | יקיר | 2 |
| US United States | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 2.9M | 5 | Yakir | 80 |
| BG Bulgaria | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 69K | — | יקיר | 3 |
| ES Spain | — | 39as Jakir | 1 in 1.3M | 39 | Yakir | 10 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 99K | — | Yakir | 4 |
| SE Sweden | — | 11as Jakir | 1 in 928K | 11 | — | 1 |
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 — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Yakir Gueronb. 1813TROttoman rabbi
- Yakir Aharonovb. 1932ILIsraeli physicist
- Yakir Plessnerb. 1935ILIsraeli economist
- Yakir Gabayb. 1966ILbusinessman
- Yakir Ben Mosheb. 1973ILIsraeli poet
- Yakir Shinab. 1985ILProfessional footballer
- Yakir Arbibb. 1989ILJazz pianist
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)13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
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
- How do you pronounce Yakir?
- A machine transcription gives /jɑkiɹ/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- Is Yakir a male or female name?
- Yakir is a male 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 Yakir have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.8 thousand people named יקיר in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Yakir?
- In Spain, the national register counted 39 people named Jakir, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
- How common is Yakir compared with other names?
- In Israel, Yakir is the 614th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Yakir?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yakirThe 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, “Yakir” — the 614th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.