Rupa
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹupə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rupa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 4.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 213K
- NPNepal≈1 in 2.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rupa itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 215 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈37,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Roopa in AO Angola.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1° jama, vrtača, vrtočina, duplje, škulja, 2° trap, ambar, spremište pod zemljom, 3° toponim (u sing. i pl.)
Sources 1
- Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rupa 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #353 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Rupa | 47 |
| NP Nepal | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | 2 | Rupa | 42 |
| US United States | — | 1,562 | 1 in 213K | 1.5K | Rupa | 215 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 215K | — | Rupa | 45 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Roopa | 1 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Rupa | 7 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Rupa | 7 |
| BH Bahrain | #634 | ≈84 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Rupa | 3 |
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; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. 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)
Rupa is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Polish, synonym of klępa (“old cow”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, third-person singular past historic of ruper
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, genitive masculine singular of rups
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, form, shape, outward appearance.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Iloko, face; facade; front
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Malay, form, appearance
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)
- Rupa Huqb. 1972GBBritish writer and politician
- Rupa Bajwab. 1979INIndian writer
- Rupa Rani Tirkeyb. 1987INIndian lawn bowler
- Roopa PaiINnot in their usual nameIndian children's writer
- Rupa MaharjanNPMember of Parliament of Nepal
- Rupa So.Si. ChaudhariNPNepalese politician
- Rupa S Valdezresearcher
- Rupa RadhakrishnanUSassistant professor of radiology & imaging sciences
- Rupa SarkarGBresearcher
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 43 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #9,067 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 18 | #9,067 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1987 | 8 | — |
| NP Nepal | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 2 | #94 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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
- How do you pronounce Rupa?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹupə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Rupa a male or female name?
- Rupa 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 Rupa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Rupa in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rupa.
- How common is the name Rupa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,562 people named Rupa in 2020, about 1 in 213 thousand residents.
- How common is Rupa compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Rupa is the 353rd most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rupa?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rupaThe 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, “Rupa” — the 353rd most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.