Dëdã

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Dëdã is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Possibly a cognate of the Illyrian female name *Teuta (or the variant Illyrian *Teuda). For a similar sound correspondence compare dallëndyshe.

rarermore common
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 42K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 43K

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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Deda in CH Switzerland, IT Italy, TZ Tanzania.

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)

Possibly a cognate of the Illyrian female name *Teuta (or the variant Illyrian *Teuda). For a similar sound correspondence compare dallëndyshe. Alternatively, a shortening of the archaic Albanian name Dedalij.

Sources 2

  • Wiktionary
  • Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dëdã 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.

Where Dëdã is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈1,500 est.≈1 in 43KlistedDeda13
BR Brazil1,0861 in 195K1.1K—2
XK Kosovo≈930 est.≈1 in 2.1K44—3
TZ Tanzania≈470 est.≈1 in 126K1Deda6
PL Poland4361 in 88K229—1
CH Switzerland1981 in 42K198Deda8
FI Finland451 in 124K45—1

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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. 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

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Dëdã under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dëdã mean, and where does it come from?
Possibly a cognate of the Illyrian female name *Teuta (or the variant Illyrian *Teuda). For a similar sound correspondence compare dallëndyshe. Recorded by Wiktionary and Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74).
Is Dëdã a male or female name?
Dëdã is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Dëdã have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Dëdã in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled deda.
How common is the name Dëdã?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,086 people named Dëdã, about 1 in 195 thousand residents.

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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, “Dëdã”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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