Given name & surname
Sisi
“born on a Sunday”
Sisi is used as a given name, a surname, and a nickname. One African interpretation is “born on a Sunday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born on a Sunday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sisi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 746 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sisi’s family of names
In German usage, Sisi has a related form in SISSI. Sisi has a related form in Sisea. Sisi has a related form in Sisee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sisi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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