Yomi
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/joʊmi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yomi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 6.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.5M
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 62K
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.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 152 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈34,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
How Yomi is read(measured from records)
Yomi is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English62%
The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish8.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Yomi in Spanish.
- Indonesian6.0%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Yomi in Indonesian.
- Japanese5.7%
Rōmaji transcription of よみ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yomi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #987 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | — | Yomi | 81 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 431K | — | Yomi | 9 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 201K | — | Yomi | 56 |
| JP Japan | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 417K | — | Yomi | 18 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 102K | 691 | — | — |
| US United States | — | 224 | 1 in 1.5M | 142 | Yomi | 152 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 319K | 8 | Yomi | 99 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 62K | — | Yomi | 4 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies. 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)
- Yomi Braesterb. 1964USprofessor of comparative literature, cinema and media
- Yomi Fash Lansob. 1968NGNigerian actor
- Yomi Denzel Olaniyib. 1996CHSwiss entrepreneur
- Yomi Scintub. 1997DEGerman footballer
- Yomi JemibewonNGNigerian Novelist
- Yomi OlorunlolayeNGNigerian actor
- Yomi OgunmolaNGNigerian actor and film director
- Yomi FabiyiNGNigerian actor
- Olorunyomi Doyin AbiolaNGnot in their usual nameNigerian Actor and Comedian
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 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies | — | 691 | #744 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 8 | #167,220 |
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 Yomi mean, and where does it come from?
- The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Yomi a male or female name?
- Yomi 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 Yomi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 34 thousand people named Yomi in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yomi.
- How do you pronounce Yomi?
- A machine transcription gives /joʊmi/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Yomi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 224 people named Yomi in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
- How common is Yomi compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Yomi is the 987th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yomiThe 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, “Yomi” — the 987th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.