Hyginus

given name · English · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hyginus is a given name, most frequently recorded in Nigeria. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: pope.

rarermore common
  • NGNigeria1 in 23K◐
  • CMCameroon1 in 325K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 494K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈47 ●

across 4 countries

Sources
44 ●

5.4K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 494K ◐

Netherlands

Meaning & origin●

pope

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Hyginus is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria3,1484.8K rec.——Hyginus44
US United States443422 rec.——Hyginus44
GB United Kingdom4522 rec.——Hyginus16
NL Netherlands350 rec.1 in 494K35Hyginus1
AU Australia3121 rec.——Hyginus23
ZA South Africa3134 rec.——Hyginus6
MY Malaysia206 rec.——Hyginus5
ID Indonesia195 rec.——Hyginus10
PH Philippines1812 rec.——Hyginus5
KE Kenya163 rec.——Hyginus5
IN India1211 rec.—3Hyginus8
SE Sweden80 rec.1 in 1.3M8—1

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Languages●

  • English2.7K63%
  • Swahili88320%
  • Indonesian2095%
  • Finnish712%
  • Spanish702%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
English2,70963%
Swahili88320%
Indonesian2095%
Finnish712%
Spanish702%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hyginus is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name151 records spelled Hyginus9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese

    Also written Higinio, Hixinio, Higiñio, Higínio

  • French given name49 records spelled Hyginus5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Nigeria, United States

    Also written Hygin, Higini

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name●

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 8 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Hyginus
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—40#10,365
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—35#8,339
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—30#16,405
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—8#38,459
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20263#9,091
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—3#33,051
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520251#593
VA Vatican CityHoly See — List of Roman Pontiffs (papal regnal + secular names)—1#59

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 8 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hyginus?
We estimate roughly 47 people bear Hyginus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
In which country does Hyginus have the most bearers?
Hyginus is most frequently recorded in Nigeria, where it is most often spelled hyginus.
Is Hyginus a male or female name?
Hyginus 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 Hyginus mean?
Recorded meaning: pope
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

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.

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, “Hyginus”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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