Theophane

given name · Latin script

Meaning: mother of ram with golden fleece

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

/tɔfan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Theophane is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 122K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 64K
  • BJBenin≈1 in 118K

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.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈690 people, est.

Sources
157 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 64K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

mother of ram with golden fleece

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

How Theophane is read(measured from records)

Theophane is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • French83%

    Origine grecque, « dieu lumineux ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • English12%

    mother of ram with golden fleece

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Theophane 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 Theophane is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈690 est.≈1 in 148KlistedTheophane3
FR France—≈560 est.≈1 in 122K990Theophane157
CM Cameroon—≈440 est.≈1 in 64K—Theophane7
BJ Benin#891≈110 est.≈1 in 118K—Theophane6
US United States—≈55 est.≈1 in 6.1M5Theophane54
PL Poland—21 in 19M2——
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——

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 prénoms (1900–2024); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); the wgnd-cd-names register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)

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

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Australia

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Théophane

  • Portuguese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Portugal

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Théophane

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Théophane

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Théophane

  • Greek surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United Kingdom, United States

    Also written Θεοφανη, Theofani, Theophani, Θεοφανή, Θεοφάνη

25 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Theophane,Hi Theophane, (English)

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 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Theophane
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2012990#3,035
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19155—
FR FranceDictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007)———
FR FranceLe Grand Guide des Prénoms———
CD Congo - KinshasaWGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names———

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Theophane mean, and where does it come from?
mother of ram with golden fleece Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
How do you pronounce Theophane?
A machine transcription gives /tɔfan/ (IPA) for French.
Is Theophane a male or female name?
Theophane 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 Theophane have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 688 people named Theophane in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled theophane.
How common is the name Theophane?
In Poland, the national register counted 2 people named Theophane in 2026, about 1 in 19 million residents.
How common is Theophane compared with other names?
In Benin, Theophane is the 891st most common given name of 2,017 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, “Theophane” — the 891st most common given name in Benin. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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