Meke

given name · Latin script

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

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

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 2.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NANamibia≈1 in 3.1K
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 127K

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.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈23,000 people, est.

Sources
51 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)

France, 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.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Meke 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 Meke is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France#594≈23,000 est.≈1 in 2.9K—Meke51
NA Namibia—≈840 est.≈1 in 3.1K1——
CM Cameroon—≈220 est.≈1 in 127K—Meke10
NL Netherlands—381 in 455K38—1
US United States—≈33 est.≈1 in 10Mlisted—6
SI Slovenia—≈9 est.≈1 in 247K72——

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: stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. 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)

Meke is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Australia, Netherlands

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Mekê

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Méké, Meķe

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Mexico, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mèke, Mëkë

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Meķe

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Меке

31 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)

Meke 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 xgn-pro, 1 female breast, to suck 2 to move jaws

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In English, A traditional dance of Fiji.

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

  • In mpm, brain

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

  • In beu, clay

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

  • In xgn-pro, 1 грудь (ж.), сосать 2 двигать челюстями

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

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)

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 16 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Meke
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—38#9,957
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—33#14,865
NA NamibiaECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates20251#23

Reference works 5

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 Meke a male or female name?
Meke 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 Meke have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 23 thousand people named Meke in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meke.
How common is the name Meke?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 38 people named Meke, about 1 in 455 thousand residents.
How common is Meke compared with other names?
In France, Meke is the 594th most common given name of 754,146 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, “Meke” — the 594th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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