Dzērve

Name: Dzērve: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

Meaning: crane (several species of birds, typically with long legs, belonging to the family Gruidae, especially Grus grus)

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

Dzērve is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country.

LVLatvia≈1 in 3.6Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
EEEstonia≈1 in 140K
USUnited States≈1 in 15Mfew records

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.

: Latvia (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 27 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Dzerve

Locally spelled Dzerve in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany.

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

crane (several species of birds, typically with long legs, belonging to the family Gruidae, especially Grus grus)

Cited for this meaning 1

kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Dzērve 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 Dzērve is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
LV Latvia	#129	≈530 est.	≈1 in 3.6K	—	Dzērve	27
US United States	—	≈23 est.	≈1 in 15M	listed	Dzerve	20
EE Estonia	—	≈10 est.	≈1 in 136K	listed	—	2
GB United Kingdom	—	≈7 est.	≈1 in 9.7M	—	Dzerve	12
DE Germany	—	≈6 est.	≈1 in 14M	—	Dzerve	12
PL Poland	—	2	1 in 19M	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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way

Dzērve is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Russian surname7 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Also written Дзерве, Dzerve
Estonian surname3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Latvia
Languages: Estonian, Finnish
Also written Dzerve
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Dzerve
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Dzerve
a separate name2 spellings in the group
Also written Dzerve
Spanish surname4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Latvia, United States
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Dzerve

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

Dzērve is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In Latvian, Gaujas labā krasta pieteka Gulbenes novada Lejasciema pagastā, augštece Smiltenes novada Trapenes pagastā, vidustecē ir Trapenes un Virešu pagasta robežupe, garums - 14 km
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, debess dienvidu puslodes zvaigznājs (latīņu "Grus", saīsinājums "Gru"), Latvijā nav novērojams, spožākā zvaigzne - Alnairs, balta 1,7 lieluma zvaigzne
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, šīs dzimtas suga ("Grus grus"), gaišpelēks dzērvjveidīgo kārtas putns ar garām kājām, garu knābi un kaklu, Latvijā aizsargājama
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Putnu klases dzērvjveidīgo kārtas dzimta ("Gruidae"), 4 ģintis, 15 sugu, Latvijā konstatēta 1 ģints, 1 suga
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta (mazciems) Dienvidkurzemes novada Aizputes pagastā
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

Aija Dzērveb. 1979LVLatvian stage actress

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

4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Dzērve
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	2	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	2	#325,070

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.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dzērve mean, and where does it come from?: crane (several species of birds, typically with long legs, belonging to the family Gruidae, especially Grus grus) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Dzērve have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 525 people named Dzērve in Latvia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dzērve.
How common is the name Dzērve?: In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Dzērve in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
How common is Dzērve compared with other names?: In Latvia, Dzērve is the 129th most common surname of 60,294 surnames recorded there.

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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 2026-10-13 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, “Dzērve” — the 129th most common surname in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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