俺
given name · Han script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
俺 is a given name written in the Han script, most frequently recorded in China. In Chinese, recorded as From Tianzhu; also Jewish descendants in Kaifeng and a Hui surname.
- JPJapan
- CNChina
- TWTaiwan
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Tianzhu; also Jewish descendants in Kaifeng and a Hui surname.
Sources 1
- 中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How 俺 is read(measured from records)
俺 is one spelling over 2 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.
- Chinese89%
From Tianzhu; also Jewish descendants in Kaifeng and a Hui surname.
as a name中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary)
- Japanese11%
I (used by male speakers)
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Japanese
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name 俺 mean, and where does it come from?
- From Tianzhu; also Jewish descendants in Kaifeng and a Hui surname. Recorded by 中国姓氏大辞典 (Chinese Surnames Mega-Dictionary).
- Is 俺 a male or female name?
- 俺 is a female 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 俺 have the most bearers?
- 俺 is most frequently recorded in China.
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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, “俺”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.