Dessa

given name · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 86K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 327K
  • GYGuyana1 in 107K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
202 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 86K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dessa 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 Dessa is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈1,300 est.≈1 in 86K—Dessa50
US United States1,0181 in 327K1KDessa202
BR Brazil≈430 est.≈1 in 494K702—2
IT Italy≈130 est.≈1 in 488K—Dessa4
GB United Kingdom≈99 est.≈1 in 662K—Dessa19
SG Singapore≈16 est.≈1 in 380K—Dessa8
JM Jamaica≈13 est.≈1 in 211K—Dessa1
GY Guyana71 in 107K7—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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

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

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dêssa, Déssa, Dessã, Dēssa

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Dessã

  • Bangla given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, United States

    Also written Desa, ডেসা, দেসা

42 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)

Dessa is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, var of Desa.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Portuguese, contraction of de essa (“of/from that (feminine, near you)”): feminine singular of desse

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

  • In Swedish, plural of denna

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

  • In wym, outside

    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)

Attested in 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Dessa
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201K#12,269
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200131—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200724—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)193223—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201922—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192222—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191322—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200521—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)192121—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202020—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201520—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)191620—

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

Is Dessa a male or female name?
Dessa 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.
In which country does Dessa have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Dessa in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dessa.
How common is the name Dessa?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,018 people named Dessa in 2020, about 1 in 327 thousand residents.

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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, “Dessa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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