Obèd
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Obèd is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”).
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 3Kfew records(inferred from the name graph)
- GHGhana≈1 in 4Kfew records
- HNHonduras≈1 in 6K
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)
- Record sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈36,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Congo - Kinshasa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Obed in MX Mexico, US United States, HN Honduras and 5 more.
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)From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”).
Cited for this meaning 4
- Wiktionary
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- Nordic Names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Obèd 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #370 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Obed | 11 |
| MX Mexico | #705 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.9K | 115 | Obed | 155 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Obed | 16 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Obed | 10 |
| GH Ghana | #828 | ≈8,500 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Obed | 16 |
| US United States | — | 5,102 | 1 in 65K | 5.1K | Obed | 218 |
| GT Guatemala | #298 | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 6.5K | — | Obed | 25 |
| HN Honduras | #234 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Obed | 31 |
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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Obèd mean, and where does it come from?
- From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Biblical Names Compiled Database and 2 other sources.
- Is Obèd a male or female name?
- Obèd is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- Which countries have the most people named Obèd?
- Mondonomo estimates about 36 thousand people named Obèd in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled obed. After it come Mexico, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Obèd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,102 people named Obèd in 2020, about 1 in 65 thousand residents.
- How common is Obèd compared with other names?
- In Congo - Kinshasa, Obèd is the 370th most common given name of 20,652 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, “Obèd” — the 370th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.