Names of Kiribati KI

Names in Kiribati are recorded in English and gil, with a given name followed by an inherited family name.

Written in English, gil.

Population
112K
Official registers
4
BBuilt from 4 official registers, 6 cited works.

At least one official register, plus a written account of the naming system.

The account of the naming system rests on encyclopaedia and genealogy sources; it has not yet been checked against onomastic literature.

How names work in Kiribati

2 naming traditions are in use in Kiribati, listed in the order of the country's languages. They are separate systems, not variants of one, and each has its own page.

The most common names in Kiribati

Registers & sources

Official registers

Cited works

Behind this page's own account — its one-line answer, its explanation of why the rankings differ, and the notes on its registers. Each naming tradition cites its own sources on its page. Not yet checked against onomastic literature.

About this data

Official figures are reproduced from the register named beside them, at the year named beside them, and are never combined across registers. The "across all records" ranking counts records in our own corpus — historical registers, the diaspora, business and place records — and is not a population count. Bearer estimates are omitted where a name accounts for more than a quarter of a country's records, because the estimate is not defensible there. Names listed by reference works and licensed name dictionaries are cited as attesting a name; their figures are not published.

Data snapshot: 2026-09-12.

Questions

Is there one naming system in Kiribati?
No — 2 are described on this page (Micronesian, British), and they are separate systems rather than variants of one.

Cite this page: Mondonomo, “Names of Kiribati”, https://nelma.mondonomo.ai/names/KI (data snapshot 2026-09-12).