The baby name Yi is a Boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced YEE.
Yi is Chinese in Origin.
The baby name Yi is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced YEE.
Yi is Chinese in Origin.
Yi is a Mandarin Pinyin spelling for several Chinese monosyllabic given names rather than one fixed etymon. Its root language is Chinese; the relevant characters continue Old Chinese graphs, including 義, simplified 义, righteousness, and 宜, fitting or proper, both found in early written Chinese. Other name characters include 毅 resolute, 益 benefit, 怡 harmony, and 仪 rites. The written form, tone, and semantic force depend on the chosen character.
In Chinese naming, Yi functions as a compact virtue or auspicious term, selected through character choice rather than sound alone. 义 has Confucian resonance as righteousness, a classical moral category, while 仪 and 怡 are more often feminine in modern naming. In English-language records it appears chiefly in Chinese-diaspora contexts and may be registered for either sex, though recent U.S. birth data lean male.
| Wang Yi Wang Yi is best known as a leading Chinese diplomat and politician, serving as China’s foreign minister and as director of the CCP’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office. Born in Beijing in 1953, he studied Japanese at Beijing International Studies University. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2008 | #1 | — | 959 |
| Ireland | Boys | 2016 | #1 | — | 760 |
| KR | Girls | 0 | #15 | 1 | 572 |
| CN | 0 | #24 | 64 | 3,857 | |
| KR | Boys | 0 | #25 | 3 | 897 |
| BN | 0 | #31 | 2 | 2,297 | |
| TW | 0 | #39 | 65 | 4,523 | |
| MO | 0 | #51 | 2 | 2,706 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #57 | 502 | 9,639 |
| LU | 0 | #64 | 3 | 2,830 | |
| JP | 0 | #76 | 2 | 4,057 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #85 | 245 | 8,139 |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #102 | 405 | 8,829 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #111 | 4 | 5,459 |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #124 | 2 | 3,755 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #126 | 135 | 7,111 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #133 | 3 | 4,130 |
| MU | 0 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #160 | 963 | 16,104 |
| CR | 0 | #165 | 1 | 5,526 | |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #171 | 4 | 3,954 |
| MY | 0 | #171 | 171 | 12,352 | |
| SG | 0 | #174 | 97 | 11,010 | |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2014 | #180 | 2 | 1,576 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #186 | 38 | 5,842 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #189 | 63 | 7,056 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #196 | 581 | 18,916 |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #200 | 1 | 1,904 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #222 | 4 | 3,308 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| BD | 0 | #239 | 3 | 5,992 | |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #241 | 1,423 | 24,821 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #243 | 9 | 6,592 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #245 | 2 | 3,322 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| HK | 0 | #256 | 95 | 8,483 | |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #270 | 28 | 7,909 |
| Canada | Girls | 2023 | #275 | 5 | 2,824 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #298 | 9 | 2,588 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #305 | 1 | 6,530 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #311 | 254 | 12,905 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #323 | 7 | 7,429 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #332 | 1 | 7,401 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| GT | 0 | #337 | 2 | 5,948 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #337 | 4 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #337 | 7 | 15,378 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #347 | 431 | 17,960 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #360 | 5 | 5,096 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #361 | 2 | 8,539 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #366 | 18 | 11,440 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #378 | 4 | 7,951 |
| France | Boys | 2020 | #388 | 4 | 2,846 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #405 | 2 | 8,413 |
| France | Girls | 2019 | #409 | 3 | 3,279 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #416 | 9 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #424 | 6 | 13,098 |
| Germany | 0 | #427 | 11 | 2,542 | |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #461 | 6 | 10,523 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #466 | 6 | 7,952 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #470 | 12 | 9,861 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #481 | 3 | 7,628 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #495 | 11 | 12,621 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #501 | 5 | 9,305 |
| CO | 0 | #504 | 7 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #515 | 39 | 20,968 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #518 | 6 | 11,913 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #521 | 727 | 25,439 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #523 | 10 | 11,342 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| BH | 0 | #544 | 10 | 17,937 | |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #574 | 2 | 12,054 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #590 | 10 | 8,289 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #604 | 2 | 10,045 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #619 | 4 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #655 | 13 | 13,071 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #678 | 5 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #693 | 8 | 13,390 |
| IT | 0 | #698 | 17 | 4,183 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #728 | 11 | 3,895 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #738 | 6 | 18,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #783 | 3 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #801 | 6 | 18,755 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #803 | 36 | 4,949 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #842 | 10 | 14,098 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #850 | 81 | 5,610 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #881 | 12 | 7,044 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #895 | 61 | 5,933 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #898 | 54 | 5,873 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #904 | 17 | 15,656 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #909 | 8 | 8,487 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #918 | 9 | 14,506 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #921 | 63 | 5,561 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #924 | 29 | 5,697 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #973 | 10 | 16,355 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,002 | 9 | 14,861 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,006 | 4 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 7 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,046 | 33 | 16,140 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,062 | 31 | 22,615 |
| MA | 0 | #1,088 | 41 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,146 | 31 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,168 | 11 | 25,619 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,171 | 13 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,220 | 252 | 10,046 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,246 | 9 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,254 | 193 | 9,415 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,591 | 24 | 28,008 |
Yi is popular in 75 countries — most recent births per country:
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