Dib
surname · Latin script
Meaning: To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 24 countries · latest register: INSEE, 1991
/d̪iβ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dib is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.
- SYSyria≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 5.3K
- BRBrazil1 in 70K
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.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 171 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈8,200 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Lebanon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Dib 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #151 | ≈8,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | listed | Dib | 46 |
| SY Syria | #319 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | Dib | 40 |
| BR Brazil | — | 3,034 | 1 in 70K | 3K | Dib | 100 |
| MA Morocco | #887 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Dib | 36 |
| FR France | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 267 | — | 4 |
| LB Lebanon | #379 | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Dib | 54 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Dib | 66 |
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); the dz-kaggle-names 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Dib 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.
ISO 639-3 language code for South Central Dinka.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mww, cucumber; melon
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Azerbaijani, bottom
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vo, depth
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Maltese, wolf
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)- Pietro Dibb. 1881LBMaronite Catholic bishop (1881–1965)
- Wadih Deebb. 1910LBnot in their usual nameLebanese poet
- Juana Dibb. 1924ARArgentinian poet
- Fued Jose Dibb. 1929BRBrazilian politician
- Patricio Halesb. 1946CLnot in their usual nameChilean architect and politician
- Marcel Dibb. 1960FRFrench footballer
- Yamin Dibb. 1967FRFrench actor
- Stephanie Dibb. 1986FRPh.D. Aix-Marseille Université 2013
- Amaleb. 1993FRnot in their usual nameFrench professional wrestler
- Sami DibDEresearcher
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)Evidence
(measured from records)40 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3K | #3,379 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 267 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 230 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 191 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 190 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 97 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 15 | — |
| DZ Algeria | Algerian names (Kaggle, MIT) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Dib mean, and where does it come from?
- To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Dib?
- A machine transcription gives /d̪iβ/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Dib have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 8.2 thousand people named Dib in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dib.
- How common is the name Dib?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 3,034 people named Dib, about 1 in 70 thousand residents.
- How common is Dib compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Dib is the 151st most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/dibThe 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, “Dib” — the 151st most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.