Rexhep
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/rɛd͡ʒˈɛp/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rexhep is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country, where it is the most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab, literally “respect”). Compare Turkish Recep.
- ALAlbania1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
- XKKosovo≈1 in 137
- SISlovenia1 in 26K
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.
- Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 64 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 137 (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Ottoman Turkishرجبreceb(measured from records)
- Arabicرَجَبrajab“respect”(measured from records)
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab, literally “respect”). Compare Turkish Recep.
Sources 1
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rexhep 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | #1 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 137 | 7.8K | Rexhep | 12 |
| AL Albania | #22 | 2,205 | 1 in 1.4K | 2.2K | Rexhep | 45 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 122K | 1 | Rexhep | 14 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Rexhep | 17 |
| US United States | — | 153 | 1 in 2.2M | 150 | Rexhep | 64 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 70K | 8 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | #892 | 80 | 1 in 26K | 80 | Rexhep | 3 |
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: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SURS — resident population given names; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rexhep Vokab. 1847ALAlbanian writer
- Rexhep Krasniqib. 1906ALAlbanian-American historian, teacher, nationalist, and anti-communist politician and activist (1906-1999)
- Rexhep Maçib. 1912ALAlbanian footballer (1912-1980)
- Rexhep Spahiub. 1923ALAlbanian footballer
- Rexhep Qosjab. 1936XKAlbanian writer from Kosovo
- Rexhep Ferrib. 1937XKKosovo Albanian artist and writer (1937–2024)
- Rexhep Meidanib. 1944ALAlbanian politician
- Rajab Alib. 1965KEnot in their usual namecricketer
- Rexhep Meminib. 1994ALAlbanian association football player
- Rexhep JusufiALAlbanian soldier
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)
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 19 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 7.8K | #8 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 2.2K | #170 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1954 | 185 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1959 | 169 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 150 | #44,846 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1949 | 145 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1950 | 142 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1960 | 138 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1952 | 138 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1953 | 136 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1956 | 135 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1957 | 130 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Rexhep mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish رجب (receb), from Arabic رَجَب (rajab, literally “respect”). Compare Turkish Recep. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Rexhep?
- A machine transcription gives /rɛd͡ʒˈɛp/ (IPA) for Albanian.
- Is Rexhep a male or female name?
- Rexhep 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 Rexhep have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Rexhep in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rexhep.
- How common is the name Rexhep?
- In Albania, the national register counted 2,205 people named Rexhep, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Rexhep compared with other names?
- In Kosovo, Rexhep is the most common given name of 3,412 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rexhep?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rexhepThe 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, “Rexhep” — the most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.