Gobar

loc · Latin script

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

Gobar is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: gabare, barge, péniche.

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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)

gabare, barge, péniche

Sources 1

  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

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

Where Gobar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spelling
US United States—191—
SI Slovenia—22—
IN India—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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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)

Gobar is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Göbar

  • Bangla name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written গোবর, Gobru, Gobor

29 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)

Gobar is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Dried cow dung used directly as fuel or as a source of gas.

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

  • In Wolof, knife, dagger

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

  • In Breton, gabare, barge, péniche

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Gobar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020191#100,867
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000169#99,214
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010168#106,096
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—34#7,868
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—22#12,843
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Gobar mean, and where does it come from?
gabare, barge, péniche Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
In which country does Gobar have the most bearers?
Gobar is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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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, “Gobar”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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