Pili

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Pi-Li in TW Taiwan.

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 in 1 language 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◐

Pili is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name13K records spelled Pili8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, United States, Spain, Philippines

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Pi-Li, Pïlï, Pīlī

• a separate given name343 records spelled Pili2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States

  Also written Pīlī

• Danish given name191 records spelled Pili7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, Denmark, Spain, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Pìli, Pîlï

46 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●

Pili 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 Swahili, second; Swahili name for the second-born or second in order

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Spanish, a diminutive of the female given name Pilar

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

• In English, plural of pilus

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

• The second bom

  as a name·The book of African names

• The second child

  as a name·The book of African names

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●

• Wiesław Pilisb. 1950PLnot in their usual namePolish researcher
• Corinne Pilib. 1963FRFrench association football player
• Mauro Pilib. 1966ITItalian journalist and politician
• Ida Pilib. 1990ALbadminton player
• Alissa Pilib. 2001USAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
• Joana Pilib. 2002ALbadminton player
• Gjergji Pilib. 2006ALbadminton player
• Giulia PiliITAuthor of Bollettino AIB

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 · 130 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Pili?

We estimate roughly 194 people bear Pili (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Pili have the most bearers?

Pili is most frequently recorded in Tanzania, where it is most often spelled pili.

How common is Pili compared with other names?

In Tanzania, Pili is the 92nd most common given name of 40,746 given names recorded there.

Is Pili a male or female name?

Pili 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 Pili mean?

Recorded meaning: Kiswahili: used for a child who is second born; means "two" or "the second".