Dua

loc · Indonesian · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Dua is a name, most frequently recorded in India. It appears chiefly in Indonesian and Malay, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Old Albanian duo, from either: * Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or * *duām, from Pr.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan1 in 5.7M◐
  • INIndia1 in 20M

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

136K ●

in 5 countries

Sources
199 ●

22K records

Official registry-verified

Meaning & origin●

Derivation of Dua: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Dua
  1. Old Albanianduo●
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵeus-compare English choose“taste”●
  3. Proto-Albanian*duēs-mi●
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dews-compare English tire“to lack”●

From Old Albanian duo, from either: * Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or * *duām, from Proto-Albanian *duēs-mi, from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (compare English tire, Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”)).

Sources 2

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Dua is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India24517K rec.—8.6KDua165
PK Pakistan8487 rec.——Dua39
XK Kosovo—0 rec.—2.7K—2
US United States—2.7K rec.—1.1K—199
NO Norway—2 rec.—298—2
AL Albania———295——
SE Sweden—11 rec.—288—9
ES Spain—14 rec.—283—10
AT Austria———232——
BR Brazil———230——
BE Belgium—13 rec.—209—11
DK Denmark———133——

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Indonesian87K64%
  • Malay15K11%
  • Hindi2441%
  • Arabic461%
  • Portuguese191%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Indonesian86,58564%
Malay15,45711%
Hindi2441%
Arabic461%
Portuguese191%

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◐

Dua is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name42K records spelled Dua4 spellings in the group

    Also written Dư̄a, Duā, Dừa

  • English surname19K records spelled Dua23 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Duea, Dưa, Dừa, Dueå, Ďűã

  • Turkish given name13K records spelled Dua10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Turkish, Kazakh

    Also written Düa, Duâ, Дуа, Duå

  • Arabic given name13K records spelled Dua7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria

    Also written Du'A, Dua', Düa, Dua’, Dü'Ä

  • Indonesian name6.8K records spelled Dua4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Du'A, Dưa

  • Spanish surname3.6K records spelled Dua2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines

    Also written Du-A

  • a separate name3.0K records spelled Dua15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Brazil

    Also written Dửa, Duẩ, Dựa, Dúa, Dừa

  • a separate name2.2K records spelled Dua5 spellings in the group

    Also written Dưa, Dūa, Dừa

50 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●

Dua 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 Akan, duawA, F. duiaba, ^(iiWv) j)^. n-, 1, a small tree, shrub. — 2. a small piece of woody stick, splinter, pr, 1431

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In Akan, nh uea esi ho) from which new trees grow &c

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In Swedish, to address (someone) with du (as opposed to a title or ni)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Kurdish, prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Turkish, prayer (practice of communicating with one's God)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nkr, away from; in back of; after; back (of the body)

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

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●

0102030194019601980200023 · 1972

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Dua in naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls), India, 1922–2015
Yearrecords
19221
19271
19283
19291
19302
19312
19322
19336
19343
19355
19362
19376
19385
19391
19408
19414
19425
19436
19447
19452
19467
19477
19489
19495
19505
19515
19527
19538
19545
19558
19567
19576
195815
19596
196011
196111
196211
19635
196414
196511
19667
196711
196810
19699
197016
19719
197223
197311
197412
197511
19769
19778
19786
19797
198015
19819
198216
19837
198415
19857
19868
19876
19887
19897
19904
19915
19928
19936
19945
19957
19964
19973
19982
20081
20101
20111
20132
20141
20153

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 79 years between 1922–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

190019201940196019802000André Dua, b. 1914Vera Dua, b. 1952Vinod Dua, b. 1954Dua Saleh, b. 1994

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 68 sources across 34 countries.

Official registers attesting Dua
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—8.6K#1,062
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—2.7K#253
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.1K#23,536
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020791#13,842
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010763#30,570
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000450#44,895
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—298#3,581
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—295#1,389
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—288#4,041
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)2025286—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—283#6,893
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)2024232#111

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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 · 426 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Dua?
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In which country does Dua have the most bearers?
Dua is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled dua.
What does the name Dua mean?
Recorded meaning: From Old Albanian duo, from either: * Proto-Albanian *dāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeus- (compare English choose, Greek γεύση (géfsi, “taste”), Italian gustare (“to taste”)); or * *duām, from Pr…
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