Yedidia
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/id͡dja/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yedidia is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 536K(inferred from the name graph)
- GHGhana≈1 in 831K
- CRCosta Rica1 in 5.1M
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.
- Ghana (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 536K (inferred from the name graph)
≈35 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Israel, 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.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yedidia 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 831K | — | Yedidia | 5 |
| US United States | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 14M | — | Yedidia | 44 |
| IL Israel | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 536K | — | Yedidia | 10 |
| DE Germany | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 7.1M | — | Yedidia | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 20M | — | Yedidia | 9 |
| CA Canada | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 14M | — | Yedidia | 5 |
| CR Costa Rica | 1 | 1 in 5.1M | 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: TSE — electoral roll (padrón) 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yedidiah Admonb. 1894ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli composer (1894-1982)
- Yedidia Shofetb. 1908IRChief Rabbi of Iran
- Yedidyah Pelesb. 1919ILnot in their usual nameGerman-born Israeli writer, poet, translator and literary critic
- Didi Menussib. 1928ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer, journalist, poet, lyricist, dramatist, columnist and satirist (1928–2013)
- Yedidia Be'erib. 1931ILIsraeli politician
- Yedidia Gafnib. 1949ILIsraeli botanist
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 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 1 | #83,047 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Yedidia?
- A machine transcription gives /id͡dja/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Yedidia a male or female name?
- Yedidia 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.
- What are other forms of the name Yedidia?
- In the etymology graph, Jedidiah is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Yedidia have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 35 people named Yedidia in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yedidia.
- How common is the name Yedidia?
- In Costa Rica, the national register counted 1 people named Yedidia, about 1 in 5.1 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yedidiaThe 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, “Yedidia”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.