Encik
given name · Malay · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Encik is a given name, most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is the 20th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Malay and Indonesian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: term of address conferred on an adult male of moderate or unknown position, usually when the name is unknown; mister.
- MYMalaysia1 in 411◐
- BNBrunei1 in 3.2K
- IDIndonesia1 in 241K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 160K ●
- Sources
- 47 ●
in 5 countries
1.7K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
term of address conferred on an adult male of moderate or unknown position, usually when the name is unknown; mister
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | #20 | 158,103 | 1.6K rec. | — | Encik | 40 |
| ID Indonesia | — | 377 | 49 rec. | — | Encik | 47 |
| TH Thailand | — | 67 | 55 rec. | — | Encik | 2 |
| SG Singapore | — | 44 | 28 rec. | — | Encik | 5 |
| PH Philippines | — | 30 | 16 rec. | — | Encik | 3 |
| US United States | — | 23 | 9 rec. | — | Encik | 18 |
| BN Brunei | #111 | 6 | 10 rec. | — | Encik | 2 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Malay124K77%
- Indonesian15K10%
- English7.6K5%
- Arabic2.5K2%
- Chinese2.5K2%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Malay | 124,190 | 77% |
| Indonesian | 15,317 | 10% |
| English | 7,589 | 5% |
| Arabic | 2,512 | 2% |
| Chinese | 2,451 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Encik is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Indonesian, term of address conferred on a respectable or unknown adult, usually when the name is unknown
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Javanese, title for a foreign (Moslem) trader, esp. in Sulawesi, Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula (Pigeaud)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In English, Informal term of address for a male warrant officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Javanese, a full-blooded Chinese (pejorative); Chinese girl, woman (addr.)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Javanese, a full-blooded Chinese -- pejorative (Horne)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence●
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Encik?
- Our records include 160,367 bearers of Encik across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Encik have the most bearers?
- Encik is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled encik.
- How common is Encik compared with other names?
- In Malaysia, Encik is the 20th most common given name of 325,158 given names recorded there.
- Is Encik a male or female name?
- Encik is a male 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.
- What does the name Encik mean?
- Recorded meaning: term of address conferred on an adult male of moderate or unknown position, usually when the name is unknown; mister
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Encik” — the 20th most common given name in Malaysia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.