Deda

surname · Latin script

Meaning: ) Dedda; Dede: weibl

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/dɛdə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Deda is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 42K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 43K

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.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

) Dedda; Dede: weibl. Vom., niederdeutsch-friesische Kurzform von Na­ men, die mit »Diet-« (niederdeutsche Form »Det-«; ahd. thiot »Volk«) gebildet sind.

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Deda 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 Deda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈1,500 est.≈1 in 43KlistedDeda13
BR Brazil1,0861 in 195K1.1K—2
XK Kosovo≈930 est.≈1 in 2.1K44—3
TZ Tanzania≈470 est.≈1 in 126K1Deda6
PL Poland4361 in 88K229—1
CH Switzerland1981 in 42K198Deda8
FI Finland451 in 124K45—1

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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); the xinhua-italian-manual register; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. 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)

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

  • Portuguese surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Italy, Argentina

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Déda, Dêda, Dèda, Dêdå, Dĕda

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Italy

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Dèda, Déda

  • Russian surname21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian

    Also written Деда, Дэда, Деда́, Déda

38 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Deda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, "grandfather [sic]." Fem of Ded.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In Romanian, to dedicate, consecrate

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

  • In Serbo-Croatian, grandfather

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

  • In mfh, brother

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

  • In Serbo-Croatian, Maske, maskierte Person

    as a wordSkok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

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)

19201940196019802000Edmond Deda, b. 1920Albina Deda, b. 1969Julian Deda, b. 1981

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 41 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Deda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.1K#8,609
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026229—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—229#14,447
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026207—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—207#15,630
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024198#6,320
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—45#24,796
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———

Reference works 3

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

How do you pronounce Deda?
A machine transcription gives /dɛdə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Deda have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Deda in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled deda.
What does the name Deda mean?
Recorded meaning: ) Dedda; Dede: weibl.
How common is the name Deda?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,086 people named Deda, about 1 in 195 thousand 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, “Deda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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