Merveille

given name · Latin script

Meaning: wonder; marvel

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

Merveille is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country, where it is the 4th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 794(inferred from the name graph)
  • CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 1.3K
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 1.5K

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.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈130,000 people, est.

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 794 (inferred from the name graph)

Congo - Kinshasa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

wonder; marvel

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Merveille 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 Merveille is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#4≈130,000 est.≈1 in 7945Merveille19
CM Cameroon#241≈18,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Merveille25
CG Congo - Brazzaville#9≈4,100 est.≈1 in 1.3K1Merveille14
TG Togo#468≈2,900 est.≈1 in 3K—Merveille5
BJ Benin#158≈2,300 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Merveille13
SE Sweden—261 in 392K26Merveille6

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: Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; This page contains a list of Congolese names and their meanings, published on Quora.; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Merveille is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Cameroon, Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Belgium

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Męrvėïllē, Mėrvęįllę

  • Portuguese given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Angola, Brazil

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Merveillé, Mêrveillê, Mërvëillë, Mêrvêîllê

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kuwait

    Also written Mêrvëille, Mërvëïllë

37 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

199020002010Merveille Biankadi, b. 1995Merveille Fundambu, b. 1999Merveille Kanjinga, b. 2003Merveille Mbalayi Mbamba, b. 2005Merveille, b. 2007

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 33 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Merveille
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—26#20,731
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201912—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202011—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201811—
CD Congo - KinshasaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—5#128
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015——

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Merveille mean, and where does it come from?
wonder; marvel Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Merveille a male or female name?
Merveille is a female 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 Merveille have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 128 thousand people named Merveille in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled merveille.
How common is the name Merveille?
In Sweden, the national register counted 26 people named Merveille, about 1 in 392 thousand residents.
How common is Merveille compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Merveille is the 4th most common given name of 20,652 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, “Merveille” — the 4th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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