Wiebke
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Patronym zu Rufname Wigbert (ahd
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 15 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/viːpkʰə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Wiebke is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Patronym zu Rufname Wigbert (ahd. wig 'Kampf' + berht 'glänzend'); 248 Belege.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)Wiebke is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Aus dem germanischen Rufnamen Wiebke; norddeutsche Familiennamenbildung zu einem Wib-/Wieb- Rufnamen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
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)- Wiebke Frostb. 1962DEGerman actress
- Wiebke von Carolsfeldb. 1966DEGerman film editor and film director (born 1966)
- Wiebke Kratzb. 1966DEGerman costume designer
- Wiebke Edenb. 1968DEGerman writer
- Wiebke Lorenzb. 1972DEGerman writer
- Wiebke Pulsb. 1973DEGerman actress
- Wiebke Reitemeierb. 1974DEGerman lawyer and Attorney General
- Wiebke Drenckhanb. 1977DEGerman physicist
- Wiebke Knellb. 1981DEGerman politician
- Wiebke Esdarb. 1984DEGerman politician
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)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.
Evidence
(measured from records)30 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 124 | #6,694 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 105 | #52,462 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 72 | #2,013 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 69 | #10,956 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 69 | #3,959 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 50 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 49 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 48 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 48 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 46 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 42 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 41 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 are other forms of the name Wiebke?
- In the etymology graph, Viveka, Vibeke and Viveca are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Wiebke?
- A machine transcription gives /viːpkʰə/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Wiebke a male or female name?
- Wiebke is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Norway (SSB) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- What does the name Wiebke mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronym zu Rufname Wigbert (ahd.
- In which country does Wiebke have the most bearers?
- Wiebke is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wiebkeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Wiebke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.