Baghdad

loc · Latin script

Meaning: city, Iraq

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

Baghdad is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Iraq.

rarermore common
  • IQIraq
  • SYSyria
  • EGEgypt

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.

Iraq (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
135 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Bagdad in FR France.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

city, Iraq

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Baghdad counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Where Baghdad is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IQ Iraq——Baghdad14
EG Egypt——Baghdad10
SY Syria——Baghdad7
FR France—49Bagdad135
SA Saudi Arabia——Baghdad4
ES Spain—270—16

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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Baghdad is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bagdad, Bagda, Bağdad, Bâgdâd, Bagdá

  • English name20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Canada, Australia, Austria

    Languages: English, German, Swedish

    Also written Bagdad, Bağdad, Bâgdad, Baghdād, Bàghdàd

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Baghdād

  • Turkish given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Syria, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Turkish, Turkmen, Arabic

    Also written Bağdat, Bağdad, Bagdat, Bagdad

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bagdad

  • Russian given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan

    Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Ukrainian

    Also written Багдад, Багхдад, Bagdad, Bağdad, Bahdad

26 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Baghdad
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—135#22,304
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—135#22,181
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198154—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199149—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197133—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19416—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19211—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901——

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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 Baghdad mean, and where does it come from?
city, Iraq Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
In which country does Baghdad have the most bearers?
Baghdad is most frequently recorded in Iraq, where it is most often spelled baghdad.

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

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