Widya
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name from Javanese
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/wˈidja/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Widya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- TWTaiwan≈1 in 27K
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 45K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 200 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name from Javanese
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Widya 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #170 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | listed | Widya | 200 |
| TW Taiwan | — | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Widya | 8 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 63K | — | Widya | 24 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Widya | 4 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Widya | 18 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 11 | 1 in 1.6M | 11 | Widya | 14 |
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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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)
Widya 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 Malay, science
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)
- Anggi Widya Setiawanb. 1990IDIndonesian badminton player
- Paramitha Widya Kusumab. 1992IDRegent of Brebes
- Raden Roro Widya Anindityab. 2005IDbadminton player
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)
Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 does the name Widya mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name from Javanese Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Widya?
- A machine transcription gives /wˈidja/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Widya a male or female name?
- Widya is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Widya?
- In the etymology graph, Vidya is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Widya have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 122 thousand people named Widya in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled widya.
- How common is the name Widya?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 11 people named Widya, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.
- How common is Widya compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Widya is the 170th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Widya?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/widyaThe 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, “Widya” — the 170th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.