Gaffa
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɡæfə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gaffa is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Spain.
- Spain (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 6 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gaffa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
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 — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. 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)
Gaffa 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 French, third-person singular past historic of gaffer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, gaff (hooked pole)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Maltese, palm (of a fluke)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Gaffer tape.
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.
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 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1980 | 4 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1982 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1979 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1978 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1972 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1972 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1970 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1965 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1986 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1985 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1981 | 1 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1977 | 1 | — |
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
- How do you pronounce Gaffa?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡæfə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Gaffa a male or female name?
- Gaffa is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Gaffa have the most bearers?
- Gaffa is most frequently recorded in Spain.
What do you want to know about Gaffa?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gaffaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gaffa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.