Goma
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɡoʊmə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Goma is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.
- NPNepal≈1 in 3.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZMZambia≈1 in 66K
- PGPapua New Guinea≈1 in 97K
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.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 44 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. - Notea, ar. (Cara 92). 2. Gom (ib. 82) ; -ard., 1750, Wean. Goman (Isp III'). 4. Gomoi, Stoia (16 B II 97, 250) ; -u, Manea (16 B VI 155) ; -esti s. ; -escu. 5. Prob. cu u < o : Guma, N. (Ard ; I Div) ; Isachis, grec ( ?) (D Buc) ; Gum /u (Sd XVI) ; -uesti s. -testi I-II). -1 §.a. 3.4. -
Sources 2
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
- Wiktionary
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Goma 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Goma | 36 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 105K | — | Goma | 13 |
| US United States | 424 | 1 in 785K | 407 | Goma | 28 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 102K | 374 | — | — |
| ZM Zambia | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 66K | 4 | — | 4 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 97K | 9 | — | 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; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022); ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results. 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)
Goma is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In men, Black and white crow {Corrii^ xrcqnilafus). Goro-nwoni (goro- A black bird larger than a spar- nwoni) row. They are said to live
as a wordMende Natural History Vocabulary
In English, The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, palate, the roof of the mouth
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, rubber (substance, material)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ごま
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, starch (laundry stiffener)
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)
- Paul Gomab. 1935MDRomanian writer (1935–2020)
- Guy Gomab. 1969CGCongolese student
- Alain Gomab. 1972FRFrench footballer (born 1972)
- Arnaud Gomab. 1975CGCongolese priest
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 33 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies | — | 374 | #1,267 |
| ZM Zambia | ECZ 2021 Councillor Elections — candidate results | 2021 | 4 | #39 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 4 | #32 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- How do you pronounce Goma?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡoʊmə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Goma a male or female name?
- Goma 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 Goma have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Goma in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled goma.
- How common is the name Goma?
- In the United States, the national register counted 424 people named Goma in 2020, about 1 in 785 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gomaThe 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, “Goma”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.