Limina
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Limina is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: plural of limen.
- ITItaly≈1 in 419K(inferred from the name graph)
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 592K
- ARArgentina1 in 700K
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.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 25 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 419K (inferred from the name graph)
≈150 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
plural of limen
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Limina 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 419K | — | Limina | 25 |
| US United States | ≈76 est. | ≈1 in 4.4M | listed | Limina | 6 |
| AR Argentina | 65 | 1 in 700K | 65 | Limina | 21 |
| GT Guatemala | ≈29 est. | ≈1 in 592K | — | Limina | 1 |
| PH Philippines | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 15M | — | Limina | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | 5 | 1 in 1.7M | 5 | — | 1 |
| EE Estonia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 701K | listed | — | — |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Limina 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 Latin, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of līmen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, definite accusative plural of limur
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In umb, s., be stingy
as a wordVocabulary of the Umbundu Language
In umb, stingy
as a wordVocabulary of the Umbundu Language
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 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 65 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 5 | #101,952 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (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 Limina mean, and where does it come from?
- plural of limen Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Limina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 149 people named Limina in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled limina.
- How common is the name Limina?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 65 people named Limina, about 1 in 700 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Limina?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/liminaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Limina”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.