Depp

surname · Latin script

Meaning: fool, idiot, dork (quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends)

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

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

Depp is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 412K(measured from records)
  • BZBelize≈1 in 41K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 119K

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.

United States (measured from records)

808 people, 2010

Sources
217 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)

Belize, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

fool, idiot, dork (quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Depp 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 Depp is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States8081 in 412K819Depp217
IT Italy≈340 est.≈1 in 182K—Depp8
FR France≈250 est.≈1 in 273K18—2
IN India≈220 est.≈1 in 5.9M7Depp18
GB United Kingdom≈160 est.≈1 in 402K—Depp38
AT Austria≈75 est.≈1 in 119K—Depp8
CH Switzerland≈53 est.≈1 in 158K—Depp4
SG Singapore≈52 est.≈1 in 119K—Depp10
BZ Belize≈10 est.≈1 in 41K—Depp1

808 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the in-instate-surnames-bystate register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Depp is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Argentina, Colombia

    Also written Dêpp

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Italy

    Also written Dëpp

46 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)

Depp 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 Swedish, (non-pathological) depression, moping

    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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Harry Depp, b. 1883Bill Depp, b. 1939Christi Dembrowski, b. 1960Johnny Depp, b. 1963Lily-Rose Depp, b. 1999Jack Depp, b. 2002

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 Depp,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Depp
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020819#30,530
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000817#27,721
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010808#29,279
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195147—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194136—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196129—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190120—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199118—

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

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 Depp mean, and where does it come from?
fool, idiot, dork (quirky, silly and/or stupid, socially inept person, or one who is out of touch with contemporary trends) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Depp?
A machine transcription gives /dɛp/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Depp have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 808 people named Depp, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled depp.
How common is the name Depp?
In the United States, the national register counted 808 people named Depp in 2010, about 1 in 412 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, “Depp”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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