Sadio

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Sadio is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 93rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: French-speaking West Africa: 'pure'.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
  • SNSenegal≈1 in 993
  • MLMali≈1 in 2.9K

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)

≈16,000 people, est.

Sources
170 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 993 (inferred from the name graph)

Senegal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

French-speaking West Africa: 'pure'

Sources 1

  • African Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sadio 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 Sadio is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SN Senegal#93≈16,000 est.≈1 in 99313Sadio32
ML Mali#39≈6,700 est.≈1 in 2.9K8Sadio23
GN Guinea#170≈2,200 est.≈1 in 5.7K1Sadio10
FR France—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 35K885Sadio170
ES Spain—4641 in 108K464Sadio21
MR Mauritania#38≈440 est.≈1 in 9.2K—Sadio6

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 prénoms (1900–2024); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sadio is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Philippines, Brazil, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sádio, Sádíö, Sadío

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sádio

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Senegal, United States

    Also written Sãdîô

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sádio

47 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sadio is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Pure.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • In Welsh, to stabilise, to steady

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, healthy

    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)

1940196019802000Sadio Lamine Sow, b. 1952Sadio Gassama, b. 1954Sadio Ba, b. 1973Sadio CAMARA, b. 1979Nampé Sadio, b. 1980Sadio Sankharé, b. 1981Sadio Diallo, b. 1990Sadio Doumbia, b. 1990Sadio Mané, b. 1992Sadio Doucouré, b. 1992

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 45 sources across 30 countries.

Official registers attesting Sadio
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024885#1,784
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—464#4,817
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—354#2,694
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—90#7,637
SN SenegalDGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024)202413#58
ML MaliWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—8#31
GN GuineaDGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 202620261#15

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • 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 Sadio mean, and where does it come from?
French-speaking West Africa: 'pure' Recorded by African Names.
Is Sadio a male or female name?
Sadio 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 Sadio have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Sadio in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sadio.
How common is the name Sadio?
In Spain, the national register counted 464 people named Sadio, about 1 in 108 thousand residents.
How common is Sadio compared with other names?
In Senegal, Sadio is the 93rd most common given name of 3,375 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, “Sadio” — the 93rd most common given name in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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