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The baby name Ek is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ek/ (like 'deck').

Ek is Khmer, Korean, Sanskrit, Swedish, Thai in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Khmer, Korean, Sanskrit, Swedish, Thai
Pronunciation: /ek/ (like 'deck')

What is the meaning of the name Ek ?

The baby name Ek is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ek/ (like 'deck').

Ek is Khmer, Korean, Sanskrit, Swedish, Thai in Origin.

Ek is a concise, cross-cultural name rooted in the Indo-Aryan numeral eka (Sanskrit), which becomes ek in Hindi and Punjabi, meaning “one” or “unity.” In Sikh usage, the cognate ik appears in the sacred phrase Ik Onkar, lending the name a spiritual sense of oneness. Independently, Thai เอก (Ek/Aek/Ake) means “first, chief, unique,” long used as a male nickname and sometimes formalized as a given name.

As a given name, Ek remains uncommon but has gained visibility with modern minimalist naming trends in South Asia and abroad, and through Thai bearers whose nicknames become legal names. The name is unisex in Indian contexts and typically masculine in Thai usage. Variants and related forms include Ik (Punjabi), Eka (Sanskrit/Indonesian), Ekam, Ekansh/Ekaansh, and Ekant. Core meanings center on singularity, primacy, and the ideal of unity.

Ek has the following similar or variant Names

Ek – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
KH Boys 0 #9 1 270
BI 0 #12 1 425
KR Girls 0 #15 1 572
ET Girls 0 #16 1 372
ET Boys 0 #27 1 678
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
HN Girls 0 #38 1 884
MO 0 #49 4 2,706
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
JP 0 #77 1 4,057
QA 0 #101 6 7,011
GE Girls 0 #107 2 1,564
PH 0 #110 1 5,607
BN Girls 0 #113 2 5,459
OM 0 #120 2 6,215
BN Boys 0 #134 6 6,332
MU 0 #137 1 3,613
LT Boys 0 #151 1 2,166
BW Boys 0 #154 1 4,685
HU Boys 0 #174 1 3,954
AE 0 #181 7 10,220
SI Boys 0 #211 1 3,402
PL 0 #212 1 2,600
BD 0 #213 15 5,992
LU Boys 0 #219 2 4,970
NA Boys 0 #224 12 6,830
HU Girls 0 #225 1 3,308
MO Boys 0 #232 3 5,842
NA Girls 0 #234 4 7,146
GH 0 #247 2 5,396
AO Boys 0 #249 1 5,568
PT 0 #250 1 4,161
JP Girls 0 #251 1 6,592
MO Girls 0 #255 9 7,056
TW Boys 0 #255 2 7,111
SG 0 #257 13 11,010
AF Boys 0 #269 6 3,535
GR Boys 0 #273 1 6,912
JM Girls 0 #278 1 7,507
TW Girls 0 #288 2 8,139
AL Boys 0 #302 2 5,122
CZ Boys 0 #303 3 6,530
SA 0 #308 5 10,560
MY 0 #317 14 12,352
DK Girls 0 #328 2 7,429
CN Boys 0 #329 3 9,639
PE 0 #329 1 6,350
GH Boys 0 #331 15 8,138
DK Boys 0 #332 1 7,401
JO Girls 0 #337 3 7,570
QA Girls 0 #339 5 15,378
HK 0 #355 3 8,483
SD Girls 0 #356 3 7,678
CN Girls 0 #358 2 8,829
PL Girls 0 #359 6 5,096
BR 0 #360 1 5,969
MU Boys 0 #368 2 8,477
BD Girls 0 #372 15 8,413
PT Boys 0 #381 1 7,951
OM Girls 0 #387 10 15,987
YE 0 #391 8 8,639
PH Boys 0 #406 3 11,440
EG 0 #410 3 6,387
PH Girls 0 #426 4 13,098
SD Boys 0 #459 8 10,523
ZA 0 #473 2 14,421
BD Boys 0 #480 97 10,045
GT Boys 0 #498 2 7,625
PA Boys 0 #504 2 9,305
CO 0 #510 1 7,768
CR Boys 0 #510 1 10,188
BH 0 #513 41 17,937
HK Boys 0 #513 15 12,905
LY 0 #515 21 12,703
RU Girls 0 #516 8 11,913
IQ Girls 0 #517 9 11,303
RU Boys 0 #524 3 12,621
UY Girls 0 #536 1 6,731
AE Girls 0 #541 13 20,968
IR Girls 0 #545 1 8,334
PS Girls 0 #546 2 10,981
KW Girls 0 #557 5 19,177
PS Boys 0 #561 1 10,655
IR Boys 0 #565 1 10,162
CR Girls 0 #571 3 11,342
CM Boys 0 #572 4 12,054
BO Boys 0 #620 3 9,244
IL Boys 0 #625 1 10,983
SG Girls 0 #625 8 18,916
QA Boys 0 #627 81 18,093
SG Boys 0 #628 70 17,960
HK Girls 0 #643 8 16,104
IL Girls 0 #643 3 11,648
IN Girls 0 #646 9 13,121
BO Girls 0 #651 1 9,488
IQ Boys 0 #657 11 13,071
LB 0 #682 9 13,263
CL Boys 0 #699 2 13,390
SY 0 #717 12 11,684
KW Boys 0 #732 38 18,755
BR Boys 0 #782 4 12,213
OM Boys 0 #799 83 17,948
TN 0 #808 22 13,765
NG Girls 0 #825 2 15,093
EG Boys 0 #827 60 15,035
MY Boys 0 #854 260 25,439
SA Girls 0 #904 32 25,931
IN Boys 0 #915 87 16,750
EG Girls 0 #924 36 14,742
PE Boys 0 #925 2 14,506
Germany Boys 0 #933 20 5,697
NL Boys 0 #936 16 5,873
NG Boys 0 #937 15 16,906
NL Girls 0 #946 10 5,933
MX Boys 0 #953 30 16,355
MY Girls 0 #965 30 24,821
CO Boys 0 #974 8 15,656
AE Boys 0 #1,003 90 22,615
PE Girls 0 #1,004 7 14,861
MA 0 #1,048 81 20,986
DZ 0 #1,063 114 20,130
CO Girls 0 #1,064 15 16,140
ZA Girls 0 #1,125 17 25,928
ZA Boys 0 #1,133 46 25,619
TR 0 #1,155 57 19,440
MX Girls 0 #1,170 14 17,781
SA Boys 0 #1,332 283 28,008
IT Boys 0 #1,455 17 10,046

Ek is popular in 73 countries — most recent births per country:

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People also ask about Ek

Ek is predominantly a boy's name.
Ek is a one syllable name, pronounced /ek/ (like 'deck').
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Eak, Ekk and Ik.
Across languages, Ek has these equivalents: Eka (Sanskrit), Ace (English), Primo (Italian/Spanish), Ichiro (Japanese, 'first son').
Ek is a name of Khmer origin, traditionally used in Cambodia. It doesn't appear in the major international birth registries we track, but it is an established name within Cambodia and its diaspora communities.