Niviaq
given name · Danish · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Niviaq is a given name, most frequently recorded in Greenland. It appears chiefly in Danish, written in the Latin script.
- GLGreenland1 in 654◐
- DKDenmark1 in 664K
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Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| GL Greenland | 89 | 68% |
| DK Denmark | 40 | 31% |
≈129 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
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Languages●
- Danish131100%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | 131 | 100% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 |
| 2012 | 55 |
| 2013 | 58 |
| 2014 | 66 |
| 2015 | 69 |
| 2016 | 72 |
| 2017 | 80 |
| 2018 | 81 |
| 2019 | 81 |
| 2020 | 85 |
| 2021 | 89 |
GL Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) — 11 years between 2011–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Niviaq L. Kleistb. 1972badminton player
- Niviaq Berthelsenb. 1989GLDanish biathlete
- Niviaq Korneliussenb. 1990GLgreenlandic writer
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 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2021 | 89 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2020 | 85 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2019 | 81 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2018 | 81 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2017 | 80 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2016 | 72 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2015 | 69 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2014 | 66 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2013 | 58 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2012 | 55 | — |
| GL Greenland | Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) | 2011 | 51 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 12 | #7,153 |
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 · 14 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Niviaq?
- Our records include 129 bearers of Niviaq across 2 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Niviaq have the most bearers?
- Niviaq is most frequently recorded in Greenland.
- Is Niviaq a male or female name?
- Niviaq is a female 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.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/niviaqThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use. Bulk access and licensing.
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.
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, “Niviaq”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.