Apphia
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The meaning of the name Apphia is uncertain
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/æpfiə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Apphia is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- KEKenya
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The meaning of the name Apphia is uncertain. It is not a typical Greek name, and scholars widely believe it to be a native Phrygian name, as it appears in many inscriptions from that region. It may have been a term of endearment.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Apphia is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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.
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 14 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 197 | #38,781 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 32 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 28 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 19 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 8 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Apphia?
- A machine transcription gives /æpfiə/ (IPA) for English.
- Where does the name Apphia come from?
- The meaning of the name Apphia is uncertain. It is not a typical Greek name, and scholars widely believe it to be a native Phrygian name, as it appears in many inscriptions from that region. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Apphia a male or female name?
- Apphia 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.
- What does the name Apphia mean?
- Recorded meaning: The meaning of the name Apphia is uncertain.
- In which country does Apphia have the most bearers?
- Apphia is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Apphia?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/apphiaThe 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, “Apphia”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.