Habile

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Generally able or adroit; handy

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

Habile is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 31M(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈2 people, est.

Sources
12 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 31M (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Generally able or adroit; handy.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Habile 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 Habile is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈2 est.≈1 in 31MHabile12
NG Nigeria——Habile3

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.

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)

Habile 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.

  • In Latin, nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of habilis

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Swedish, definite natural masculine singular of habil

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, adroit, skillful

    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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

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 Habile mean, and where does it come from?
Generally able or adroit; handy. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Habile have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2 people named Habile in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled habile.
How common is the name Habile?
Mondonomo estimates about 2 people in South Africa have Habile as their first surname, about 1 in 31 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Habile”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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