Jija

given name · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 443K(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 762K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈170 people, est.

Sources
44 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 443K (inferred from the name graph)

United Arab Emirates, 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.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jija 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 Jija is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈170 est.≈1 in 1.3MJija10
ID Indonesia≈76 est.≈1 in 3.5MJija18
MA Morocco≈47 est.≈1 in 762KJija1
MY Malaysia≈30 est.≈1 in 1.1MJija7
JP Japan≈27 est.≈1 in 4.7MJija6
AE United Arab Emirates≈23 est.≈1 in 443KJija2
KW Kuwait≈2 est.≈1 in 1.5MJija4

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.

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)

Jija is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Jijà

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jījā

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Jïjã, Jïjä

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written ጂጃ

  • Korean given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Korea, United States

    Also written 지자, Zija

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Jîjã

  • Czech given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Jíja

23 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)

Jija is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Oromo, happiness

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

  • In Xhosa, skim

    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 4 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • 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 Jija a male or female name?
Jija 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 Jija have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 166 people named Jija in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jija.
How common is the name Jija?
Mondonomo estimates about 170 people in Nigeria have Jija as their first given name, about 1 in 1.3 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Jija”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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