Dëñ
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Dëñ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Old Swedish þæn, accusative of sā(r), from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 503(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 8.7K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 7.6K
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.
- Netherlands (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 277 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 503 (inferred from the name graph)
≈34,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Netherlands, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Den in NL Netherlands, DE Germany, CA Canada and 3 more.
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)
- Old Swedishþæn(measured from records)
- Old Norsesá(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*sa(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*só(measured from records)
From Old Swedish þæn, accusative of sā(r), from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só.
Sources 4
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
- Nordic Names
Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dëñ 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 503 | 21 | Den | 226 |
| DE Germany | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Den | 127 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Den | 79 |
| FR France | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Den | 5 |
| AU Australia | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | 2 | Den | 153 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Den | 106 |
| IN India | 806 | 1 in 1.6M | 806 | — | 25 |
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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Dëñ mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old Swedish þæn, accusative of sā(r), from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Indo-European *só. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
- In which country does Dëñ have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 34 thousand people named Dëñ in the Netherlands, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled den.
- How common is the name Dëñ?
- In India, the national register counted 806 people named Dëñ, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/d%C3%AB%C3%B1The 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, “Dëñ”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.