Pik

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

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◐

Pik is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Ukrainian surname4.1K records spelled Pik17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, United States, Czechia, Malaysia

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

  Also written Пік, Peak, Pík, Пiк, Peák

• Spanish given name794 records spelled Pik4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Piķ, Pîk

• a separate given name470 records spelled Pik2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

  Also written Piḳ

• Korean given name314 records spelled Pik3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom

  Also written Pick, 픽

41 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.

Other recorded senses●

Pik 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 sit-pro, skin, bark

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In Polish, spades (card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In zlm, sound like that of a pick striking the earth

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In German, spades (suit of cards; no plural)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Serbo-Croatian, ♠, spades in card- and boardgames

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 9 years between 1911–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Jakub Pikb. 1806PLPolish physicist
• Aleksander Pikb. 1873PLPolish officer (1873-1943)
• Luděk Pikb. 1876CZCzech politician and publicist (1876–1948)
• Jean-Christophe Pikb. 1973FRFrench politician
• Daniel Pikb. 2000PLassociation football player
• Joanna Karłowska-PikPLPolish mathematician

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 72 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pik?

We estimate roughly 282 people bear Pik (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Pik have the most bearers?

Pik is most frequently recorded in Malaysia, where it is most often spelled pik.

How common is Pik compared with other names?

In Hong Kong, Pik is the 90th most common given name of 19,389 given names recorded there.

Is Pik a male or female name?

Pik 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.

What does the name Pik mean?

Recorded meaning: Initialism of plan inclusive kritik.