Late
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 9th-century coinage, apparently representing a Latinate elaboration of the feminine adjective cara ‘beloved’; in part it may also have been inspired by bKarin
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/leɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Late is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
Spellings & scripts(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)
9th-century coinage, apparently representing a Latinate elaboration of the feminine adjective cara ‘beloved’; in part it may also have been inspired by bKarin. Carissa ° Apparently a simplified spelling of Charissa, or an elaborated form of bCarys.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Late counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 228 | — |
| NO Norway | — | 52 | — |
| BR Brazil | — | 52 | — |
| IN India | — | 47 | — |
| FI Finland | — | 30 | — |
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 — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Late is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Greek, dial. dialect Lines. Lincolnshire dim. diminutive lit. literally Du. Dutch LL Late Latin Eng. English masc. masculine Exod. Exodus Mass. Massachusetts (U.S.A.) Matt. Matthew fem. feminine MD Maryland (U.S.A.) Finn. Finnish MDu.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
9th-century coinage. This is one of the group of girls’ names taken from the vocabulary of gemstones. Coral is a pink calcareous material found in warm seas; it actually consists of the skeletons of millions of tiny sea creatures. The word is from Late Latin corallium and is probably ultimately of Semitic origin. Coralie ° Apparently an elaboration of Cora or Coral on the model of jRosalie.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Swedish, definite natural masculine singular of lat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, definite singular and plural of lat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Near the end of a period of time.
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.
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 21 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Late mean, and where does it come from?
- 9th-century coinage, apparently representing a Latinate elaboration of the feminine adjective cara ‘beloved’; in part it may also have been inspired by bKarin. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Late?
- A machine transcription gives /leɪt/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Late a male or female name?
- Late 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 Late have the most bearers?
- Late is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Late?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lateThe 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, “Late”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.