Lupe
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: The Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɫup/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lupe is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 19K
- ECEcuador1 in 3K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 351 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈38,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a diminutive of the unisex given name Guadalupe
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Lupe is read(measured from records)
Lupe is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English49%
The Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish37%
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lupe 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈38,000 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Lupe | 3 |
| US United States | 17,369 | 1 in 19K | 14K | Lupe | 351 |
| KE Kenya | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.8K | — | Lupe | 5 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈8,400 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Lupe | 2 |
| PE Peru | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Lupe | 31 |
| EC Ecuador | 5,632 | 1 in 3K | 5.6K | Lupe | 21 |
| CA Canada | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 1 | Lupe | 36 |
| BO Bolivia | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Lupe | 13 |
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; INEC — civil registry names; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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)
Lupe 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 German, weibl. Vom., Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Italian, plural of lupa (“she-wolves, female wolves”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, vocative singular of lupus
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)
- Lupe Inclánb. 1895MXMexican film and stage actor
- Lupe Sinob. 1917ESSpanish actress
- Lupe Gigliottib. 1926BRBrazilian actress (1926-2010)
- Lupe Anguianob. 1929USCivil rights activist
- Lupe Valdezb. 1947USAmerican sheriff
- Lupe Pintorb. 1955MXMexican boxer
- Junkooknb. 1955BOnot in their usual nameJournalist and Bolivian writer
- Lupe Aquinob. 1963MXMexican boxer
- Lupe Gómezb. 1972ESSpanish writer
- Valentina Azarovab. 1991RUnot in their usual nameRussian jujutsuka and pornographic actress
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 49 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 14K | #1,743 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 5.6K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 5.6K | #323 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.3K | #1,743 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 6 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 6 | — |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2021 | 1 | #2,059 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Lupe come from?
- a diminutive of the unisex given name Guadalupe Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Lupe mean?
- In English, The Pacific imperial pigeon (Ducula pacifica).
- Is Lupe a male or female name?
- Lupe 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.
- How do you pronounce Lupe?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫup/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Lupe?
- In the etymology graph, Lupita is a form of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Guadalupe.
- In which country does Lupe have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 38 thousand people named Lupe in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lupe.
- Where is Lupe most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lupe is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 3.0 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Lupe?
- In the United States, the national register counted 17,369 people named Lupe in 2020, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lupeThe 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, “Lupe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.