Tlamelo
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/tlamɛɫoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tlamelo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- BWBotswana≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 39K
- USUnited States≈1 in 132M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 17 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,400 people, est.
Reference-verified
Botswana, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tlamelo 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 39K | Tlamelo | 17 |
| BW Botswana | #111 | ≈910 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | Tlamelo | 13 |
| US United States | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 132M | Tlamelo | 10 |
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.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Tlamelo Sonob. 1969BWBotswana badminton player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.
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.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Tlamelo?
- A machine transcription gives /tlamɛɫoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Tlamelo a male or female name?
- Tlamelo 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 Tlamelo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Tlamelo in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tlamelo.
- How common is the name Tlamelo?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1,400 people in South Africa have Tlamelo as their first given name, about 1 in 39 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Tlamelo compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Tlamelo is the 111th most common given name of 423 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tlamelo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tlameloThe 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, “Tlamelo” — the 111th most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.