Mame

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Mame is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common given name. Recorded meaning: inflection of mamar:.

rarermore common
  • SNSenegal≈1 in 91(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 29K
  • USUnited States1 in 339K

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.

Senegal (inferred from the name graph)

≈170,000 people, est.

Sources
199 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 91 (inferred from the name graph)

Senegal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

inflection of mamar:

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mame 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 Mame is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SN Senegal#10≈170,000 est.≈1 in 91138Mame73
FR France—≈2,300 est.≈1 in 29K11Mame199
GN Guinea—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 6.3K2—4
IT Italy—≈1,700 est.≈1 in 36K—Mame32
US United States—9801 in 339K814Mame151
BE Belgium—≈180 est.≈1 in 64K5Mame24

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026. 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)

Mame is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Senegal

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Mamé, Mãmë, Mämė, Mâme, Mâmë

  • Amharic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Senegal, United Kingdom

    Also written ማሜ, ማመ

  • Portuguese given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Senegal, United States, Spain

    Also written Mamé, Mãmē, Mamè, Mãmë, Mãme

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Senegal, United States, Ethiopia

    Also written Mamé

59 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)

Mame is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cdo, the noise of stone falling, a dull, heavy sound, loud thump, as on a floor

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In nay, Food derived from an animal, meat.

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

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of まめ

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

  • In bkn, father’s brother

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In mqs, to catch

    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)

19201940196019802000Mame Younousse Dieng, b. 1939Mame Madior Boye, b. 1940Mame Maty Mbengue, b. 1968Mame Niang, b. 1984Mame Diodio Diouf, b. 1984Mame N'Diaye, b. 1986Mame Saher Thioune, b. 1989Mame Thiam, b. 1992Mame Bineta Sané, b. 2000

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 38 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Mame
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199111—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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

What does the name Mame mean, and where does it come from?
inflection of mamar: Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Mame a male or female name?
Mame 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 Mame have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 174 thousand people named Mame in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mame.
How common is the name Mame?
In the United States, the national register counted 980 people named Mame in 2020, about 1 in 339 thousand residents.
How common is Mame compared with other names?
In Senegal, Mame is the 10th most common given name of 3,375 given names recorded there.

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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, “Mame” — the 10th most common given name in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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