Dadi
surname · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Dadi is a surname, most frequently recorded in Pakistan. It appears chiefly in Hindi and Telugu, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Dados, Maroc.
- PKPakistan1 in 197◐
- NLNetherlands1 in 15K
- INIndia1 in 16K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈20K ●
- 5 ●
- Sources
- 93 ●
- 1 in 457 ◐
across 12 countries
recorded for this name
229K records
Official registry-verified
Denmark
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Nanne in NL Netherlands, US United States, SE Sweden and 5 more, Dada in IN India, NG Nigeria, VN Vietnam and 1 more, Dad in GB United Kingdom, MY Malaysia, AF Afghanistan and 1 more and Dadu in PK Pakistan.
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●
Dados, Maroc
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 3 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | 235,000 | 235 rec. | — | listed | Dadu | 50 |
| IN India | 186,950 | 219K rec. | — | 5.5K | Dada | 82 |
| DK Denmark | 12,831 | 0 rec. | 1 in 457 | 13K | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | 2,553△ | 20 rec. | 1 in 4K | 2.6K | Nanne | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | 1,318 | 2K rec. | — | listed | Dada | 37 |
| NL Netherlands | 1,191△ | 587 rec. | 1 in 15K | 1.2K | Nanne | 49 |
| FI Finland | 1,125△ | 15 rec. | 1 in 5K | 1.4K | Nanne | 8 |
| TZ Tanzania | 740 | 27 rec. | — | 8 | Dadi | 12 |
| GB United Kingdom | 642 | 527 rec. | — | listed | Dad | 54 |
| NO Norway | 610△ | 13 rec. | 1 in 9K | 1.8K | — | 7 |
| FR France | 500△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 136K | 500 | — | 1 |
| IS Iceland | 370 | — | 1 in 948 | 370 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi24K39%
- Telugu9.6K15%
- French6.6K10%
- English4K6%
- Indonesian3.7K6%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 24,474 | 39% |
| Telugu | 9,633 | 15% |
| French | 6,600 | 10% |
| English | 3,953 | 6% |
| Indonesian | 3,732 | 6% |
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●
Dadi 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 Italian, forma plural de Dado
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In mch, the genip tree, Genipa americana or Genipa spruceana
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tft, to happen, occur, come about
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mfe, paternal grandmother
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kaw, to become
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.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1925 | 1 |
| 1926 | 2 |
| 1927 | 1 |
| 1928 | 4 |
| 1929 | 7 |
| 1930 | 3 |
| 1931 | 3 |
| 1932 | 4 |
| 1933 | 11 |
| 1934 | 6 |
| 1935 | 10 |
| 1936 | 22 |
| 1937 | 1 |
| 1938 | 27 |
| 1939 | 8 |
| 1940 | 10 |
| 1941 | 26 |
| 1942 | 17 |
| 1943 | 38 |
| 1944 | 34 |
| 1945 | 22 |
| 1946 | 39 |
| 1947 | 32 |
| 1948 | 46 |
| 1949 | 31 |
| 1950 | 28 |
| 1951 | 36 |
| 1952 | 24 |
| 1953 | 46 |
| 1954 | 33 |
| 1955 | 29 |
| 1956 | 34 |
| 1957 | 24 |
| 1958 | 37 |
| 1959 | 23 |
| 1960 | 37 |
| 1961 | 38 |
| 1962 | 21 |
| 1963 | 41 |
| 1964 | 30 |
| 1965 | 20 |
| 1966 | 31 |
| 1967 | 16 |
| 1968 | 27 |
| 1969 | 24 |
| 1970 | 25 |
| 1971 | 27 |
| 1972 | 14 |
| 1973 | 28 |
| 1974 | 14 |
| 1975 | 14 |
| 1976 | 13 |
| 1977 | 14 |
| 1978 | 24 |
| 1979 | 17 |
| 1980 | 18 |
| 1981 | 12 |
| 1982 | 22 |
| 1983 | 10 |
| 1984 | 12 |
| 1985 | 10 |
| 1986 | 12 |
| 1987 | 17 |
| 1988 | 18 |
| 1989 | 11 |
| 1990 | 18 |
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1992 | 10 |
| 1993 | 13 |
| 1994 | 9 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1997 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 79 years between 1918–2013. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Marcel Dadib. 1951FRFrench singer, songwriter and guitarist (1951–1996)
- Eugène Dadib. 1973CIIvorian and French footballer
- Firdaus Dadib. 1980INIndian actress
- Cyrille DadiCIThèse Unique Université de Cocody 2008
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 38 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 9.6K | #208 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 5.5K | #1,471 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies | — | 575 | #867 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 444 | #50,816 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 234 | #80,926 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 220 | #15,432 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 220 | #15,379 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 112 | #137,816 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 88 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 82 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 76 | #19,159 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 75 | #23,559 |
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 2026-09-12 data build · 242 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Dadi?
- We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Dadi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
- In which country does Dadi have the most bearers?
- Dadi is most frequently recorded in Pakistan, where it is most often spelled dadu.
- What does the name Dadi mean?
- Recorded meaning: Dados, Maroc
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dadi”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.