Obada

given name · Latin script

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

Obada is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Jordan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: subst. 1. - act. 2. Obede (AO VIII 218) ; Obedea, Stan, munt1737 (RI VIII 34, XII 108) ; Obedeni fam.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 4.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • JOJordan≈1 in 2.5K
  • SDSudan≈1 in 32K

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.

Jordan (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,300 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Jordan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ObadaLatin(measured from records)
โอบาดาThai(measured from records)

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)

subst. 1. - act. 2. Obede (AO VIII 218) ; Obedea, Stan, munt1737 (RI VIII 34, XII 108) ; Obedeni fam. (AO VIII 218). 3. Obedin s. (ib). 4. Obe. denaru fam., n. de apartenenta locals din Obedeni".

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Where in the world(measured from records)

Obada 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 Obada is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JO Jordan#753≈4,300 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Obada42
SY Syria#857≈3,900 est.≈1 in 4.9K—Obada29
SD Sudan—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 32K—Obada10
SA Saudi Arabia—≈860 est.≈1 in 40K—Obada35
NG Nigeria—≈530 est.≈1 in 406K—Obada28
AE United Arab Emirates—≈230 est.≈1 in 43K—Obada42
SE Sweden—1491 in 68K149Obada10

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: 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Obada is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Obắdắ, Öbada, Obadă

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Syria

    Also written Obadà

  • Swedish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Obadã

  • Polish name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Obadà, Obadã

  • Romanian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, Moldova

    Also written Obadă, Obadà

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Syria

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Обада

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Syria

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Obådâ, Obadă

38 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(measured from records)

Obada is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Ratu riteņa loks

    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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Obada
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—149#6,501
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2020125—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2019121—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2018119—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2017113—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201697—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201556—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201432—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201320—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201212—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2011——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2010——

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Obada come from?
subst. 1. - act. 2. Obede (AO VIII 218) ; Obedea, Stan, munt1737 (RI VIII 34, XII 108) ; Obedeni fam. (AO VIII 218). 3. Obedin s. (ib). 4. Obe. denaru fam., n. de apartenenta locals din Obedeni". Recorded by Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
What does the name Obada mean?
Recorded meaning: subst. 1. - act. 2. Obede (AO VIII 218) ; Obedea, Stan, munt1737 (RI VIII 34, XII 108) ; Obedeni fam.
Is Obada a male or female name?
Obada is a male 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 Obada have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.3 thousand people named Obada in Jordan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled obada.
How common is the name Obada?
In Sweden, the national register counted 149 people named Obada, about 1 in 68 thousand residents.
How common is Obada compared with other names?
In Jordan, Obada is the 753rd most common given name of 8,439 given names 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 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, “Obada” — the 753rd most common given name in Jordan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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