Dimpho
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Dimpho is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: plural of mpho.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 20K◐
- BWBotswana1 in 7.5K
- AUAustralia1 in 14M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 2.9K ●
- Sources
- 42 ●
in 5 countries
1.9K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
plural of mpho
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | 1,713 | 1.9K rec. | — | Dimpho | 42 |
| US United States | — | 23 | 13 rec. | — | Dimpho | 17 |
| BW Botswana | #133 | 11 | 53 rec. | — | Dimpho | 16 |
| AU Australia | — | 8 | 8 rec. | — | Dimpho | 6 |
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Languages●
- English1.7K58%
- Swahili30010%
- English (South Africa)29510%
- Southern Sotho2047%
- Dutch622%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 1,676 | 58% |
| Swahili | 300 | 10% |
| English (South Africa) | 295 | 10% |
| Southern Sotho | 204 | 7% |
| Dutch | 62 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Dimpho?
- Our records include 2,857 bearers of Dimpho across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Dimpho have the most bearers?
- Dimpho is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled dimpho.
- How common is Dimpho compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Dimpho is the 133rd most common given name of 293 given names recorded there.
- Is Dimpho a male or female name?
- Dimpho 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 Dimpho mean?
- Recorded meaning: plural of mpho
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dimpho” — the 133rd most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.