Yeï

Name: Yeï: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

given name · Latin script

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

rarermore common

COColombia≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
MYMalaysia≈1 in 126K
PAPanama≈1 in 135K

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.

: Colombia (inferred from the name graph)
Sources: 76 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Yei in US United States, MY Malaysia, SG Singapore.

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)

Yeï 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 Yeï is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
CO Colombia	≈1,300 est.	≈1 in 36K	1	—	—
MY Malaysia	≈260 est.	≈1 in 126K	—	Yei	19
US United States	≈140 est.	≈1 in 2.3M	—	Yei	76
CL Chile	≈66 est.	≈1 in 275K	1	—	—
PA Panama	≈29 est.	≈1 in 135K	1	—	—
SG Singapore	≈9 est.	≈1 in 673K	—	Yei	8
CR Costa Rica	2	1 in 2.5M	2	—	—

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: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; the co-datosgov-candidates register; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)

Yeï is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

French given name6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in France, Côte d’Ivoire
Also written Yei, Yeî, Yéï, Yéi, Ýéi

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Yeï under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Yeï a male or female name?: Yeï 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 Yeï have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Yeï in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Yeï?: In Costa Rica, the national register counted 2 people named Yeï, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.

What do you want to know about Yeï?

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Query this name via API

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ye%C3%AF

The same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 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, “Yeï”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)