Undine

Locally spelled Undīne in LV Latvia and Undinė in LT Lithuania.

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Undine 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.

• German63%

  ) Undina: weibl. Vom., eigent­ lich die Bezeichnung der Wassernixe. Neulat. undina »Nixe« ist eine Weiterbildung zu lat. unda »die Welle«, die zuerst bei Paracelsus (15./16. Jh.) in seinem Buch über die Nym­ phen vorkommt. Das Märchen von der Nixe

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English29%

  A female water-sprite or nymph.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  water nymph

  as a name·Pronouncing 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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

• Norwegian given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Norway, Denmark

  Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Undīne

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Undïne

• Estonian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Netherlands

  Also written Undīne

• Portuguese given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States

  Also written Undīne

30 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.

• Undine Gruenterb. 1952DEGerman writer (1952–2002)
• Undine Brixnerb. 1958DEGerman actress
• Undine UhligDEGerman paleontologist

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).

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.

24 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 14 countries.

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

How do you pronounce Undine?

It depends on the language: in German /ʊnˈdiːnə/ (Wiktionary); in English /ˈʌndiːn/ (Wiktionary).

What does the name Undine mean, and where does it come from?

A female water-sprite or nymph. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Undine?

In the etymology graph, Ondina is a form of the same name in other languages.

Is Undine a male or female name?

Undine is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

Which countries have the most people named Undine?

Mondonomo estimates about 4.8 thousand people named Undine in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled undine. After it come Latvia, United States, Sweden and Ghana; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Undine most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Undine is densest in Latvia — about 1 in 3.8 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Undine?

In Latvia, the national register counted 489 people named Undine, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.