Nenita

given name · Latin script

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

Nenita is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: diminutive of nena.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 837(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 118K
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 31K

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈130,000 people, est.

Sources
197 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 837 (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

diminutive of nena

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nenita 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 Nenita is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#141≈130,000 est.≈1 in 83774KNenita83
ID Indonesia—≈8,600 est.≈1 in 31K—Nenita24
US United States—2,8191 in 118K2.8KNenita197
CO Colombia—≈920 est.≈1 in 53K—Nenita12
CA Canada—≈440 est.≈1 in 85K—Nenita46
KW Kuwait—≈63 est.≈1 in 48K—Nenita10
JM Jamaica—≈34 est.≈1 in 82K—Nenita1

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: Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)

Nenita is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Neniţa

  • Russian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Russia, Philippines

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Ненита

36 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Nenita
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.8K#5,880
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20209#5,880
PH PhilippinesTagalog given names (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA)———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nenita mean, and where does it come from?
diminutive of nena Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Nenita a male or female name?
Nenita 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 Nenita have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 130 thousand people named Nenita in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nenita.
How common is the name Nenita?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,819 people named Nenita in 2020, about 1 in 118 thousand residents.
How common is Nenita compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Nenita is the 141st most common given name of 486,299 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, “Nenita” — the 141st most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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