Avicenna

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Latinized form of Ibn Sina, Muslim philosopher-scientist

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

Avicenna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Colombia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 19Mas Avicena(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 148Mas Avicena

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Avicenna 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.

Colombia (inferred from the name graph)

≈3 named Avicena, est.

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 19M (inferred from the name graph)

Colombia, est., as Avicena

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AvicenaLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Avicena in MX Mexico, US United States, CO Colombia.

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)

Latinized form of Ibn Sina, Muslim philosopher-scientist

Sources 1

  • African Muslim Names

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Avicenna 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 Avicenna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CO Colombia≈3 est.≈1 in 19M—Avicena10
US United States≈2 est.≈1 in 148M—Avicena4
MX Mexico———Avicena19
IT Italy——listed——

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.

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)

Avicenna is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia

    Also written Авиценна, Авіцэна

17 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)

Avicenna 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.

  • In English, Islamic philosopher

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In Italian, Avicenna (Persian polymath (c. 980–1037))

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

  • In Latvian, Avicenna Ibn Sīna (980.-1037. g.), filozofs, ārsts, dzejnieks, dzimis netālu no Buhāras, bet darbojies Persijā, darbi stipri ietekmējuši Eiropas filozofijas, medicīnas u. c. zinātņu attīstību

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Avicenna under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Avicenna mean, and where does it come from?
Latinized form of Ibn Sina, Muslim philosopher-scientist Recorded by African Muslim Names.
Is Avicenna a male or female name?
Avicenna 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 Avicenna have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3 people named Avicena in Colombia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Avicenna?
Mondonomo estimates about 3 people in Colombia have Avicena as their first surname, about 1 in 19 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Avicenna”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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