Bontle
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Bontle is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. It appears chiefly in English and Southern Sotho, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Beauty.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 9.2K◐
- BWBotswana1 in 6.9K
- AUAustralia1 in 17M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 4.2K ●
- Sources
- 46 ●
in 5 countries
4.3K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
Beauty.
Sources 1
- The African book of names
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | 3,704 | 4.2K rec. | — | — | Bontle | 46 |
| US United States | — | 32 | 25 rec. | — | — | Bontle | 16 |
| BW Botswana | #125 | 12 | 88 rec. | — | — | Bontle | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 11 | 9 rec. | — | — | Bontle | 9 |
| AU Australia | — | 7 | 9 rec. | — | — | Bontle | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | — | — | 1 rec. | — | listed | — | 1 |
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Languages●
- English2K47%
- Southern Sotho71417%
- Swahili3087%
- English (South Africa)2616%
- Arabic1213%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,982 | 47% |
| Southern Sotho | 714 | 17% |
| Swahili | 308 | 7% |
| English (South Africa) | 261 | 6% |
| Arabic | 121 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | The African Book of Names (Hodari, 2003) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Bontle?
- Our records include 4,231 bearers of Bontle across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Bontle have the most bearers?
- Bontle is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled bontle.
- How common is Bontle compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Bontle is the 125th most common given name of 293 given names recorded there.
- Is Bontle a male or female name?
- Bontle 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 does the name Bontle mean?
- Recorded meaning: Beauty.
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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, “Bontle” — the 125th most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.