Names distinctive to Latvia

The list of names unique to the Republic of Latvia*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Inese 67% 4.
2. Ieva 22% 1.
3. Liene 35% 2.
4. Dace 34% 3.
5. Baiba 52% 5.
6. Evija 85% 7.
7. Sintija 75% 8.
8. Aija 44% 6.
9. Ineta 61% 10.
10. Anastasija 40% 9.
11. Lelde 88% 13.
12. Ance 94% 15.
13. Daiga 65% 12.
14. Kristīne 100% 16.
15. Aiga 73% 14.
16. Solvita 74% 17.
17. Inguna 83% 19.
18. Inta 24% 11.
19. Lauma 22% 18.

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Edgars 84% 1.
2. Arturs 82% 2.
3. Kristaps 90% 3.
4. Aleksandrs 77% 5.
5. Kaspars 84% 7.
6. Andrejs 75% 6.
7. Sergejs 81% 9.
8. Juris 67% 8.
9. Jānis 100% 10.
10. Igors 82% 11.
11. Gatis 88% 12.
12. Aigars 86% 13.
13. Andris 20% 4.
14. Dmitrijs 77% 14.
15. Oskars 85% 15.
16. Viktors 84% 17.
17. Aleksejs 82% 16.
18. Vladimirs 86% 20.
19. Uldis 85% 19.
20. Raivis 86% 22.
21. Armands 86% 24.
22. Raimonds 83% 23.
23. Rihards 93% 25.
24. Jurijs 81% 25.
25. Karlis 62% 21.

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Kalnina 96% 1.
2. Berzina 94% 2.
3. Ivanovs 91% 4.
4. Jansons 82% 3.
5. Ozols 78% 5.
6. Jansone 96% 6.
7. Ozola 96% 7.
8. Liepins 84% 8.
9. Balodis 80% 9.
10. Petrovs 95% 11.
11. Liepina 96% 12.
12. Vitols 85% 10.
13. Vanags 81% 13.
14. Millere 98% 17.
15. Grinbergs 90% 14.
16. Bergmanis 94% 18.
17. Andersons 91% 16.
18. Krumina 97% 19.
19. Smirnovs 96% 23.
20. Gulbis 81% 15.
21. Vasiljevs 94% 24.
22. Freimanis 86% 22.
23. Andersone 100% 27.
24. Liepa 75% 20.
25. Silins 88% 26.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Lithuania 10%
Luxembourg 7%
New Zealand 6%
Australia 6%
United States of America (the) 5%
Ireland 5%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) 5%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).