Gegé

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Gegé is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 109K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ALAlbania1 in 52K
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 272K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈620 people, est.

Sources
85 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gégé in BE Belgium, CH Switzerland and Gege in FR France.

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)

recorded in Romanian

. 1. - Ursul (Vr C 10). 2. Geagea, ar. (Cara 34). 3. Cf. Geagoe, Neagoe (17 B II 139). Gehan v. C e ha n 1. Gemiinaru, Gemen, -e, -ea etc., v. G a am a n 3, 5. §i 1. -I Genarul v. J e n a r 2. Gen/ea, -es v. G ean A 3, 4. Genga v. Ghenghe 5.

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gegé 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 Gegé is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈620 est.≈1 in 109K—Gege85
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈130 est.≈1 in 789K1—2
AL Albania591 in 52K59——
BE Belgium≈43 est.≈1 in 272K—Gégé4
CH Switzerland≈24 est.≈1 in 348K20Gégé1

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: INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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(inferred from the name graph)

Gegé is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Philippines

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Gege, Gegê, Gêgê, Gégé, Gegë

  • Arabic given name79 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Syria, Libya

    Languages: Arabic, English, German

    Also written Gege, Ge-Ge, Gêgê, Gëgë, Gégé

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gegé 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

Is Gegé a male or female name?
Gegé 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 Gegé have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 621 people named Gegé in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gege.
Where is Gegé most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gegé is densest in Albania — about 1 in 52 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gegé?
In Albania, the national register counted 59 people named Gegé, about 1 in 52 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, “Gegé”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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