Enda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Possibly from éan 'bird', 'birdlike'; associated with St Enda of the Aran Islands
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɛndə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Enda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 68K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 72K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Enda 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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 183 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈18,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is 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)
Possibly from éan 'bird', 'birdlike'; associated with St Enda of the Aran Islands.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Enda 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈18,000 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Enda | 10 |
| IE Ireland | #269 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Enda | 113 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈970 est. | ≈1 in 68K | 14 | Enda | 111 |
| US United States | — | 458 | 1 in 726K | 357 | Enda | 183 |
| AL Albania | — | 441as Anida | 1 in 7K | 441 | — | — |
| AU Australia | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 72K | 1 | Enda | 63 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 71as Anida | 1 in 30K | 73 | — | — |
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; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Enda 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.
In English, Irish Gaelic; "bird-like"
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In lua, to advance, go, pass on, proceed, progress, travel, e. buenyi, to visit, go visiting, e. ciendenda, to be a tramp or vagabond or vagrant.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
Irish: Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Éanna , a derivative of éan bird. This name was borne by the famous St Éanna of Aran, and it is still a popular given name in the west of Ireland.
as a word
In iba, not (negates meaning of verb)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, "which is natural, since ..." (the first clause comes as a logical conclusion of the second clause)
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)
- Enda Marrenb. 1934IEIrish politician and lawyer
- Enda Colleranb. 1942IEGaelic football player
- Enda McDermottb. 1945IEIrish cricketer
- Enda Kennyb. 1951IEIrish poliitician (* 1951)
- Enda Oatesb. 1962IEIrish actor
- Enda McCallionb. 1965IEIrish film director
- Enda Walshb. 1967IEIrish playwright (born 1967)
- Enda Caldwellb. 1975GBIrish broadcaster
- Enda Markeyb. 1976IEIrish actor and singer
- Enda Stevensb. 1990IEIrish association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 36 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 294 | #21,948 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 164 | #21,948 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 14 | #159 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 13 | #9,240 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 6 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2011 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- 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
- What does the name Enda mean, and where does it come from?
- Possibly from éan 'bird', 'birdlike'; associated with St Enda of the Aran Islands. Recorded by Irish first names.
- How do you pronounce Enda?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛndə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Enda a male or female name?
- Enda 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.
- What are other forms of the name Enda?
- In the etymology graph, Éanna is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Enda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Enda in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled enda.
- How common is the name Enda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 458 people named Enda in 2020, about 1 in 726 thousand residents.
- How common is Enda compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Enda is the 269th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Enda?
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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, “Enda” — the 269th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.