Varina

loc · Latin script

Meaning: ) Varinia: weibl. Vom

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

Varina is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.5M(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 250K
  • CLChile≈1 in 390K

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.

United States (measured from records)

218 people, 2020

Sources
123 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 250K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Variña in CL Chile, UY Uruguay.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

) Varinia: weibl. Vom. italie­ nischer Herkunft (zu dem lateinischen Bei­ namen Varinus < lat. värus »krummbeinig, mit O-Beinen versehen«).

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Varina 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 Varina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2181 in 1.5M218Varina123
GB United Kingdom≈65 est.≈1 in 1M—Varina21
CL Chile≈47 est.≈1 in 390K1Variña14
CA Canada≈28 est.≈1 in 1.3M1—23
NL Netherlands161 in 1.1M16—4
UY Uruguay≈6 est.≈1 in 560K1Variña5
GY Guyana31 in 250K3—1

218 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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)

Varina is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Variña

  • Russian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Варина, Варіна

  • Thai given name27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Iraq, Philippines

    Languages: Thai, English, Arabic

    Also written Warina, วรนา, วารณา, วารีณา, วีรนา

32 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Varina Howell, b. 1826Varina Anne Davis, b. 1864Varina Tjon-A-Ten, b. 1952
  • Varina Howellb. 1826USSecond wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate States (1826–1906)
  • Varina Anne Davisb. 1864USAmerican writer (1864-1898)
  • Varina Tjon-A-Tenb. 1952NLDutch politician
  • Julie RowlandNZnot in their usual namestructural geologist at University of Auckland in New Zealand

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 19 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Varina
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020218#36,405
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—16#16,901
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194910—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19729—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)18989—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19848—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19628—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19568—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—7#35,090
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19807—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19797—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19207—

Reference works 1

  • 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

What does the name Varina mean?
Recorded meaning: ) Varinia: weibl. Vom.
In which country does Varina have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 218 people named Varina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled varina.
Where is Varina most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Varina is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 250 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Varina?
In the United States, the national register counted 218 people named Varina in 2020, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.

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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, “Varina”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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