Déspina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Déspina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cyprus than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Δέσποινα (Déspoina).
- AUAustralia≈1 in 31K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 85K
- USUnited States1 in 174K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Déspina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cyprus (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 208 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 23K (inferred from the name graph)
5,416 named Δεσποινα, 2011
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Despina in US United States, CY Cyprus, AU Australia and 3 more and Δεσποινα in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Ancient Greek Δέσποινα (Déspoina).
Sources 2
- Wiktionary
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Déspina 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY Cyprus | #116 | 5,416as Δεσποινα | 1 in 234 | 5.4K | Despina | 54 |
| GR Greece | #186 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | 249 | Δεσποινα | 125 |
| US United States | — | 1,911 | 1 in 174K | 1.9K | Despina | 208 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Despina | 89 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈920 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Despina | 20 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 31K | 3 | Despina | 105 |
| SE Sweden | — | 216 | 1 in 47K | 216 | Despina | 16 |
5,416 people counted by CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census), 2011, counting the spelling δεσποινα. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)
- Despina Achladiotoub. 1893GRsole resident of Ro island, Greece, 1893-1982
- Despina Themeli-Katiforib. 1931GRGreek university professor and historian
- Despina Stylianopouloub. 1932GRGreek actress
- Despina Vandib. 1969GRGreek singer and musician
- Despina Olympioub. 1975CYCypriot singer
- Despina Karlib. 1978GRGreek singer and composer
- Despina Solomoub. 1990GRGreek synchronized swimmer
- Despina Georgiadoub. 1991GRGreek fencer
- Despina Chatzīnikolaoub. 1999GRGreek association football player
- Despina ProvataGRGreek romanist
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(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Déspina mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ancient Greek Δέσποινα (Déspoina). Recorded by Wiktionary and Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
- Is Déspina a male or female name?
- Déspina 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.
- In which country does Déspina have the most bearers?
- In Cyprus, the national register counted about 5.4 thousand people named Δεσποινα, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Déspina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,911 people named Déspina in 2020, about 1 in 174 thousand residents.
- How common is Déspina compared with other names?
- In Cyprus, Déspina is the 116th most common given name of 8,840 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/d%C3%A9spinaThe 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, “Déspina” — the 116th most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.