Mame
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Mame is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common given name. Recorded meaning: inflection of mamar:.
- SNSenegal≈1 in 91(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 29K
- USUnited States1 in 339K
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.
- Senegal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 199 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 91 (inferred from the name graph)
≈170,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Senegal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
inflection of mamar:
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mame 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.
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026. 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)
Mame 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 cdo, the noise of stone falling, a dull, heavy sound, loud thump, as on a floor
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In nay, Food derived from an animal, meat.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of まめ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bkn, father’s brother
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In mqs, to catch
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)
- Mame Younousse Diengb. 1939SNSenegalese writer (1939–2016)
- Mame Madior Boyeb. 1940SNSenegalese politician
- Mame Maty Mbengueb. 1968SNSenegalese basketball player (born 1968)
- Mame Niangb. 1984SNSenegalese footballer
- Mame Diodio Dioufb. 1984SNSenegalese basketball player (born 1984)
- Mame N'Diayeb. 1986SNSenegalese association football player
- Mame Saher Thiouneb. 1989SNassociation football player
- Mame Thiamb. 1992SNSenegalese association football player
- Mame Bineta Sanéb. 2000SNSenegalese actress
- Mame KhanINIndian playback and folk singer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 814 | #12,629 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 166 | #12,629 |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 138 | #5 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 23 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2022 | 5 | #1,350 |
| GN Guinea | DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026 | 2026 | 2 | #14 |
Reference works 2
- 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
- What does the name Mame mean, and where does it come from?
- inflection of mamar: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Mame a male or female name?
- Mame 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 Mame have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 174 thousand people named Mame in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mame.
- How common is the name Mame?
- In the United States, the national register counted 980 people named Mame in 2020, about 1 in 339 thousand residents.
- How common is Mame compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Mame is the 10th most common given name of 3,375 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Mame?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mameThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Mame” — the 10th most common given name in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.