Medha

given name · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 272K(measured from records)
  • MUMauritius≈1 in 7.4K
  • LKSri Lanka≈1 in 34K

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.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100 people, est.

Sources
169 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Mauritius, 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.

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Medha 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 Medha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 78K—Medha20
US United States—1,2251 in 272K1.2KMedha169
LK Sri Lanka—≈670 est.≈1 in 34K—Medha17
MU Mauritius#205≈190 est.≈1 in 7.4K—Medha8
GB United Kingdom—≈86 est.≈1 in 760K—Medha38
AE United Arab Emirates—≈49 est.≈1 in 205K—Medha16

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. 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Medhā

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Medhā, Meḍha

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Congo - Kinshasa, India

    Also written Médha

  • Spanish surname185 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, India, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi

    Also written Mata, Mati, Matta, Mote, Matu

38 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)

Medha is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In pi, intellectual

    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)

19401960198020002020Medha Patkar, b. 1954Medha Rana, b. 1999Medha Priyadarshini, b. 2000Medha Shashidharan, b. 2002

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 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Medha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.2K#10,741
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201164—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200957—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201054—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201250—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200450—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200747—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202517—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202013#10,741

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

Is Medha a male or female name?
Medha 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 Medha have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Medha in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled medha.
How common is the name Medha?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,225 people named Medha in 2020, about 1 in 272 thousand residents.
How common is Medha compared with other names?
In Mauritius, Medha is the 205th most common given name of 365 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, “Medha” — the 205th most common given name in Mauritius. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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