Tefta
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tˈɛftɑ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tefta is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country, where it is the 66th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Tosk version of the name of the Illyrian queen *Teuta, with the typical rendering of 'au' cluster in 'af/av' (cf. afsh), also evident in Latin borrowings (cf. kafshë, lavdi etc.).
- ALAlbania1 in 1.1Kas Teuta(measured from records)
- XKKosovo≈1 in 562as Teuta
- MKNorth Macedonia1 in 2.1Kas Теута
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Tefta itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 51 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 562 (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,400 named Teuta, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est., as Teuta
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Teuta in XK Kosovo, AL Albania, MK North Macedonia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Tosk version of the name of the Illyrian queen *Teuta, with the typical rendering of 'au' cluster in 'af/av' (cf. afsh), also evident in Latin borrowings (cf. kafshë, lavdi etc.).
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tefta 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 | #66 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 562 | 5K | Teuta | 8 |
| AL Albania | #163 | 2,810as Teuta | 1 in 1.1K | 2.8K | Teuta | 33 |
| MK North Macedonia | #533 | 993as Теута | 1 in 2.1K | 993 | Teuta | 8 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈550 est. | ≈1 in 113K | 2 | Teuta | 8 |
| US United States | — | 428as Teuta | 1 in 777K | 425 | Teuta | 51 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Teuta | 11 |
| HR Croatia | — | 213as Teuta | 1 in 20K | 213 | Teuta | 32 |
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); State Statistical Office — living population names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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)
- Tefta Tashko-Koçob. 1910ALAlbanian artist (1910–1947)
- Tefta Camib. 1940ALAlbanian politician
- Tefta Radib. 1952Albanian journalist and news presenter (born 1952)
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 5 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 2.2K | #177 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 38 | #4,817 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 6 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1981 | 4 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1991 | 3 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1986 | 3 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1956 | 3 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1987 | 2 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1984 | 2 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1982 | 2 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 1978 | 2 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2013 | 1 | — |
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 Tefta mean, and where does it come from?
- Tosk version of the name of the Illyrian queen *Teuta, with the typical rendering of 'au' cluster in 'af/av' (cf. afsh), also evident in Latin borrowings (cf. kafshë, lavdi etc.). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Tefta?
- A machine transcription gives /tˈɛftɑ/ (IPA) for Albanian.
- Is Tefta a male or female name?
- Tefta 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 Tefta have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.4 thousand people named Teuta in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Tefta?
- In Albania, the national register counted 2,810 people named Teuta, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Tefta compared with other names?
- In Kosovo, Tefta is the 66th most common given name of 3,412 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Tefta?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/teftaThe 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, “Tefta” — the 66th most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.