Doa

Spellings & scripts●

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●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

Doa is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2.1K records spelled Doa4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, India, Brazil, Vietnam

  Also written Dờâ, Dóa, Dọa

• a separate name303 records spelled Doa2 spellings in the group

  Also written Doä

• Korean given name43 records spelled Doa4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Korea

  Also written 도아, Doah, Do-A

36 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●

Doa is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Basque, Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of joan (“to go”).

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

• In fj, the heart wood of a tree, solid, and dark

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In English, Initialism of dead on arrival.

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

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite neuter plural of do

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

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ドア

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

• In pdt, there, in that place

  as a word·kaikki.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●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 20 years between 2003–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kim Do-ahb. 2003KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean singer

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 · 117 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Doa?

Our records include 6,805 bearers of Doa across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Doa have the most bearers?

Doa is most frequently recorded in Brazil, where it is most often spelled doa.