Dede

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Turkish: grandfather

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

/dˈɛdə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 18K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TGTogo≈1 in 979
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 8.6K

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.

Togo (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,800 people, est.

Sources
79 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 979 (inferred from the name graph)

Togo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Obsolete spelling of deed.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

How Dede is read(measured from records)

Dede is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Indonesian45%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Dede in Indonesian.

  • Turkish33%

    grandfather

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    1. Babanın veya ananın babası. 2. Ata. 3. Mevlevi tarikatında çile doldurmuş dervişlere verilen san.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

  • English13%

    Obsolete spelling of deed.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dede 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 Dede is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TG Togo—≈8,800 est.≈1 in 9792—1
TR Türkiye#912≈4,600 est.≈1 in 18K—Dede79
NG Nigeria—≈3,400 est.≈1 in 62Klisted—12
FR France—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 39K58—1
US United States—1,7181 in 194K1.6KDede62
AL Albania—3181 in 9.7K315——
XK Kosovo—≈220 est.≈1 in 8.6K19—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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024); the african-book-names-hodari-2003 register. 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)

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

  • Indonesian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Russia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Dede, Dede', Dédé, Dèdè, Ďede

  • English given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Nigeria

    Also written De-De, Dédé, Dedè, Dëdë, Dèdè

  • Portuguese given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Spain, Argentina

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Dedé, Dedê, Dédé, Dêdê, Déde

  • French given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Togo

    Also written Dédé, Dèdè, Dède, Dedé, Déde

  • Hindi given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, Indonesia

    Also written Dédé, Dedè, Dëdë, Dedé, Dedë

  • Chinese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, Malaysia, Türkiye

    Also written Dedé, Dédé, De-De

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Dedê, Dédé, Dedé, Dėdė, Dedè

66 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)

Dede is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • First daughter.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of dēdō

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In dum, first/third-person singular past indicative of doen

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Dede Allen, b. 1923Dede Wilson, b. 1937Dede Wilsey, b. 1944DeDe Lind, b. 1947Dede Feldman, b. 1947Dede Oetomo, b. 1953Dede Yusuf, b. 1966Dede Gardner, b. 1967Dede Supriatna, b. 1971Dede Camara, b. 1991

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)

InformalHalo Dede,Hi Dede, (English)

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 54 sources across 29 countries.

Official registers attesting Dede
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.6K#8,434
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—315#1,320
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020143#8,434
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—19#6,055
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20225—
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—3#1,320
TG TogoJournal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024)20242#22
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)20001—
NG NigeriaThe African Book of Names (Hodari, 2003)———

Reference works 6

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Dede come from?
Obsolete spelling of deed. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Dede?
A machine transcription gives /dˈɛdə/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
What does the name Dede mean?
In Turkish, grandfather
Is Dede a male or female name?
Dede 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 Dede have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.8 thousand people named Dede in Togo, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Dede?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,718 people named Dede in 2020, about 1 in 194 thousand residents.
How common is Dede compared with other names?
In Türkiye, Dede is the 912th most common given name of 264,080 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, “Dede” — the 912th most common given name in Türkiye. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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