Cebes

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: An ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes

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

Cebes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 29Mas Kebes(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 73Mas Kebes
  • USUnited States≈1 in 325Mas Kebes

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 Cebes 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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈3 named Kebes, est.

Sources
5 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 29M (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est., as Kebes

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kebes in DE Germany.

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)

second-person singular present subjunctive of cebar

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Cebes is read(measured from records)

Cebes is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English26%

    An ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes.

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

  • Arabic23%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Cebes in Arabic.

  • Turkish22%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Cebes in Turkish.

  • Spanish20%

    second-person singular present subjunctive of cebar

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cebes 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 Cebes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈3 est.≈1 in 29M—Kebes2
PH Philippines≈1 est.≈1 in 73M—Cebes5
US United States≈1 est.≈1 in 325Mlisted—2
NL Netherlands——10—1

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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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)

Cebes is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Iraq

    Also written Cebeş

  • Portuguese name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Cebeş

  • French name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Cebeş, Cébès

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)

Cebes 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 Catalan, plural of ceba

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

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 Cebes 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

Where does the name Cebes come from?
second-person singular present subjunctive of cebar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What does the name Cebes mean?
In English, An ancient Greek philosopher from Thebes.
In which country does Cebes have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3 people named Kebes in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Cebes?
Mondonomo estimates about 3 people in Germany have Kebes as their first surname, about 1 in 29 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, “Cebes”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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