Belgium
loc · Dutch · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Belgium is a name, most frequently recorded in Belgium. It appears chiefly in Dutch and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Belgrade [Beograd].
- BEBelgium1 in 44◐
- NLNetherlands1 in 61K
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 720K ●
- Sources
- 42 ●
in 5 countries
464 records
Official registry-verified
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Belsch in DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Belgrade [Beograd]
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | 199,541 | 63 rec. | — | — | Belgium | 19 |
| US United States | 4,871 | 105 rec. | — | listed | Belgium | 15 |
| NL Netherlands | 1,211 | 12 rec. | — | — | Belgium | 3 |
| DE Germany | 247 | 220 rec. | — | — | Belsch | 42 |
| GB United Kingdom | 234 | 36 rec. | — | — | Belgium | 14 |
| CA Canada | 199 | 4 rec. | — | — | Belgium | 2 |
| AU Australia | 98 | 0 rec. | — | — | Belgium | 1 |
| MU Mauritius | 24 | 0 rec. | — | — | Belgium | 1 |
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Languages●
- Dutch198K27%
- English5.4K1%
- French3.6K1%
- Italian1.9K1%
- Spanish8691%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | 198,177 | 27% |
| English | 5,418 | 1% |
| French | 3,645 | 1% |
| Italian | 1,936 | 1% |
| Spanish | 869 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Belgium 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 English, city, Serbia
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, country, Europe
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hungarian, Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; official name: Belga Királyság)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, synonym of Belgica: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
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●
- Charlotte van Belgiëb. 1840BEnot in their usual nameEmpress consort of Mexico (1863-1867)
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 1
- 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 2026-09-12 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Belgium?
- Our records include 719,829 bearers of Belgium across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Belgium have the most bearers?
- Belgium is most frequently recorded in Belgium, where it is most often spelled belgium.
- What does the name Belgium mean?
- Recorded meaning: Belgrade [Beograd]
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Belgium”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.