Nepomuk
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from ON Bohemia; later from the cult of St
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈneːpomʊk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nepomuk is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- ATAustria
- CZCzechia
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from ON Bohemia; later from the cult of St. John of Nepomuk
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- DEGermany
- ATAustria
- CZCzechia
- CHSwitzerland
- FRFrance
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Nepomuk 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.
Czech: ‘from Pomuk’, byname of St John Nepomuk (13 50-93}, patron saint of Bohemia.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In German, männl. Vom. nach dem heiligen
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Czech: name bestowed in honour of St John of Nepomuk ( c. 1345–93). Born at Nepomuk in Bohemia, he became chaplain at the court of King Wenceslas IV, and was killed by the king, allegedly for refusing to disclose what the queen had revealed in confession. The given name is also used to some extent among Catholics in Germany and Austria. Short form: Pomuk. Pet form: Nepomu ek .
as a word
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)
- Johann Nepomuk della Croceb. 1736ITAustrian painter (1736-1819)
- Johann Nepomuk Amannb. 1765DEGerman architect (1765–1834)
- Klemens Wenzel von Metternichb. 1773DEnot in their usual nameAustrian diplomat, foreign minister and Chancellor (1773–1859)
- Johann Nepomuk von Fuchsb. 1774DEGerman chemist and mineralogist (1774-1856)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummelb. 1778SKAustrian composer and pianist (1778–1837)
- Johann Nestroyb. 1801ATnot in their usual nameAustrian playwright, actor and singer (1801–1862)
- Johann Nepomuk Hiedlerb. 1807ATAustrian farmer and ancestor of Adolf Hitler (1807 – 1888)
- Carl Zellerb. 1842ATnot in their usual nameAustrian lawyer and composer (1842-1898)
- Johann Nepomuk Fuchsb. 1842ATAustrian composer and conductor (1842-1899)
- Johann Nepomuk Kriegerb. 1865DEGerman astronomer (1865-1902)
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 9 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 81 | #985 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2019 | 12 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2016 | 7 | #600 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2013 | 7 | #524 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2020 | 7 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2014 | 7 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2021 | 6 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2023 | 6 | #656 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2020 | 6 | #676 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2015 | 6 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2009 | 5 | #523 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2021 | 4 | #923 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Nepomuk come from?
- from ON Bohemia; later from the cult of St. John of Nepomuk Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What does the name Nepomuk mean?
- Recorded meaning: from ON Bohemia; later from the cult of St.
- Is Nepomuk a male or female name?
- Nepomuk is a male 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 Nepomuk have the most bearers?
- Nepomuk is most frequently recorded in Germany.
- How do you pronounce Nepomuk?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈneːpomʊk/ (IPA) for German.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nepomukThe 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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nepomuk”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.