Sephora

given name · Latin script

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

/səfɔʀa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sephora is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country, where it is the 80th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 2.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 36K
  • CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 2.5K

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)

≈35,000 people, est.

Sources
195 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Congo - Brazzaville, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sephora 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 Sephora is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#80≈35,000 est.≈1 in 2.9K1Sephora11
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈2,600 est.≈1 in 11K—Sephora13
CG Congo - Brazzaville#52≈2,100 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Sephora5
FR France—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 36K3.3KSephora195
CM Cameroon—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 26K—Sephora4
US United States—8651 in 385K861Sephora49
GP Guadeloupe—≈17 est.≈1 in 26K10—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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe). 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)

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

  • English given name13 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, French, Dutch

    Also written Sèphora, Séphora, Sëphõrå

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, Indonesia, United States, Philippines

    Also written Séphora, Sèphora

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Séphora

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Séphora

53 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)

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)

InformalBonjour Sephora,Hi Sephora, (English)

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 47 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Sephora
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20243.3K#2,298
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020861#13,827
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202531—
GP GuadeloupeINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe)200910#33
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204#13,827
CD Congo - KinshasaWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—1#905
FR FranceLe Grand Guide des Prénoms———

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

Is Sephora a male or female name?
Sephora 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.
How do you pronounce Sephora?
A machine transcription gives /səfɔʀa/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Sephora have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 35 thousand people named Sephora in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sephora.
How common is the name Sephora?
In the United States, the national register counted 865 people named Sephora in 2020, about 1 in 385 thousand residents.
How common is Sephora compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Sephora is the 80th 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, “Sephora” — the 80th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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