Demba

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Demba is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian surname222 records spelled Demba6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Senegal, Mali

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Демба, Дэмба

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Demba 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 kr, s. a large kind of gourd, sometimes four feet in diameter. When dry and cut into halves, they are used as tubs or pails

  as a word·Kanuri-English Vocabulary (in African Native Literature)

• In Icelandic, shower (of rain)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bnt-pro, bird's-eye view

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

• In bnt-pro, vol d'oiseaux

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

• In bnt-pro, turban

  as a word·Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 (BLR3), Tervuren 2002/2003

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Demba Traoréb. 1972MLMalinese politician
• Demba Diagouragab. 1978FRfootballer
• Demba Touréb. 1984SNSenegalese footballer
• Demba Bab. 1985FRSenegalese-French footballer (born 1985)
• Papiss Cisséb. 1985SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese association football player (born 1985)
• Demba Barryb. 1987MLMalian footballer
• Papa Demba Camarab. 1993SNSenegalese footballer
• Demba Diawarab. 1997SNSenegalese imam and village leader
• Demba Thiamb. 1998SNSenegalese footballer
• Demba Bambab. 1998FRFrench rugby union player (1998-)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 99 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Demba?

We estimate roughly 3.0 thousand people bear Demba (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Demba have the most bearers?

Demba is most frequently recorded in Senegal, where it is most often spelled demba.

How common is Demba compared with other names?

In Senegal, Demba is the 43rd most common given name of 3,508 given names recorded there.

Is Demba a male or female name?

Demba is a male 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.