Braima
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bʁɛma/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Braima is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guinea-Bissau than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common given name.
- GWGuinea-Bissau≈1 in 831(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 28K
- SNSenegal≈1 in 35K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Guinea-Bissau (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 30 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 831 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Guinea-Bissau, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Braima counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GW Guinea-Bissau | #2 | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 831 | — | Braima | 14 |
| SN Senegal | — | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Braima | 3 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 28K | listed | Braima | 30 |
| ES Spain | — | 91 | 1 in 550K | 91 | Braima | 11 |
| SL Sierra Leone | — | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 84K | 2 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | — | 2 | 1 in 175K | 2 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); the pt-irn-lista-nomes register; NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Braima Sambúb. 2001PTPortuguese footballer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 91 | #17,051 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 88 | #8,116 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| SL Sierra Leone | NEC/ECSL — 2018 Local Council, Chairperson and Mayor nominated candidates | 2018 | 2 | #44 |
| PT Portugal | IRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Braima?
- A machine transcription gives /bʁɛma/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Braima a male or female name?
- Braima is a male 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.
- In which country does Braima have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Braima in Guinea-Bissau, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled braima.
- How common is the name Braima?
- In Spain, the national register counted 91 people named Braima, about 1 in 550 thousand residents.
- How common is Braima compared with other names?
- In Guinea-Bissau, Braima is the 2nd most common given name of 117 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Braima?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/braimaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Braima” — the 2nd most common given name in Guinea-Bissau. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.