Veda
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Veda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In English, recorded as Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”).
- USUnited States1 in 48K(measured from records)
- JMJamaica≈1 in 39K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 62K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 301 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 39K (inferred from the name graph)
≈21,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Veda is read(measured from records)
Veda is one spelling over 3 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.
- English54%
Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Hindu sacred writings
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Hindi24%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Veda in Hindi.
- Spanish6.4%
prohibition, ban
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Veda 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 67K | — | Veda | 5 |
| US United States | 7,001 | 1 in 48K | 6.9K | Veda | 301 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 156K | — | Veda | 52 |
| TR Türkiye | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 81K | — | Veda | 6 |
| EG Egypt | ≈700 est. | ≈1 in 149K | — | Veda | 8 |
| JO Jordan | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Veda | 3 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 62K | 14 | Veda | 16 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈73 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Veda | 5 |
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; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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)
Veda 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.
Vanisse, Vanissee, Vanita, Vanna, Sabiduría y conocimiento
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Dattatreya (N); Siva (N); Visnu (N)
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
sacred writings
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
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)
- Veda Wright Stoneb. 1906USAmerican civil rights activist
- Veda Ann Borgb. 1915USactress (1915-1973)
- Veda Hlubinka-Cookb. 1964USAmerican programmer (1964-)
- Veda Hilleb. 1968CACanadian singer-songwriter
- Veda Yurtseverb. 1969TRTurkish actor (born 1969)
- Veda Scottb. 1984USAmerican professional wrestler
- Veda Krishnamurthyb. 1992INIndian cricketer
- Veda L. AckermanUSprofessor emeritus of pediatrics
- Veda Beaux RevesIEIrish singer and drag queen
- Veda ShookAmerican labor leader
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 62 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 237 | #75,695 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 224 | #83,834 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 131 | #133,930 |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- 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 Veda mean, and where does it come from?
- Alternative letter-case form of Veda (“malt loaf bread”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Veda a male or female name?
- Veda 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 Veda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Veda in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled veda.
- How common is the name Veda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,001 people named Veda in 2020, about 1 in 48 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Veda?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vedaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Veda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.