Chicha

loc · Latin script

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

Chicha is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France. Recorded meaning: West African: 'beloved'.

France (inferred from the name graph)

no count published

Sources
51 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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)

West African: 'beloved'

Sources 1

  • African Names

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Where Chicha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France—30—2
ES Spain—22—3
UY Uruguay—16——
IN India—11—4
CH Switzerland—8—2

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

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

  • Thai surname90 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, Tanzania, Laos, Philippines

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Chacha, จ๊ะจ๋า, ชาชะ, จฉา, จะจ้า

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Chîchâ, Chïchā

  • Ukrainian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Türkiye

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Чича, Чіча, Chîçhã

38 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)

Chicha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Beloved.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • In English, A fermented beverage from South and Central America, most commonly made from maize, grapes or apples.

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

  • In Filipino, alternative spelling of tsitsa

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

  • In Spanish, meat; flesh (culinary term)

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

  • In Portuguese, meat; flesh

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Chicha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197135—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198134—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196132—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199130—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—22#79,654
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—22#78,058
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—16—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—14#78,267
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195114—
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—11#110,624
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20248#72,019
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19312—

Reference works 2

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 Chicha mean, and where does it come from?
West African: 'beloved' Recorded by African Names.
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Chicha is most frequently recorded in France.

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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, “Chicha”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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