A surname from the ancient state of Ji, associated with the poet Ji Kang.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say88
Mostly easy. The only friction is j, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China44
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write35
20 strokes — more than most; it will take real practice to write smoothly.
People who carried this name
Ji Kang — Wei dynasty poet and musician (224–263), leader of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.
Ji Tan — Ji Tan was a minister of the Jin state in the Spring and Autumn period. He is the source of the idiom 'counting one's ancestors but forgetting their deeds'.
Ji Ru — Ji Ru was a favored eunuch of Emperor Gaozu of Han. His influence over the emperor was recorded in the Shiji, the classic history.