Elhadji
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Elhadji is a given name, most frequently recorded in France. In Senegal it is the 30th most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and Spanish, written in the Latin script.
- SNSenegal1 in 265◐
- FRFrance1 in 113K
- ESSpain1 in 129K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈919 ●
- Sources
- 134 ●
- 1 in 129K ◐
across 4 countries
11K records
Official registry-verified
Spain
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled El-Hadji in NG Nigeria.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | 4,687 | 3.7K rec. | — | — | Elhadji | 134 |
| SN Senegal | #30 | 2,539 | 1.2K rec. | — | 94 | Elhadji | 41 |
| US United States | — | 514 | 2.3K rec. | 1 in 647K | 514 | Elhadji | 116 |
| IT Italy | — | 491 | 527 rec. | — | 2 | Elhadji | 19 |
| ES Spain | — | 387 | 1.5K rec. | 1 in 129K | 387 | Elhadji | 40 |
| AR Argentina | — | 318 | 151 rec. | — | 5 | Elhadji | 7 |
| BR Brazil | — | 152 | 26 rec. | — | — | Elhadji | 12 |
| BE Belgium | — | 147 | 191 rec. | — | 5 | Elhadji | 12 |
| MX Mexico | — | 74 | 75 rec. | — | — | Elhadji | 1 |
| CA Canada | — | 71 | 61 rec. | — | 5 | Elhadji | 18 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 59 | 57 rec. | — | — | Elhadji | 17 |
| ML Mali | #140 | 53 | 54 rec. | — | — | Elhadji | 9 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French8.1K55%
- Spanish2.1K14%
- English1.6K11%
- Arabic7425%
- Catalan3873%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 8,149 | 55% |
| Spanish | 2,115 | 14% |
| English | 1,616 | 11% |
| Arabic | 742 | 5% |
| Catalan | 387 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 7 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 12 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 22 years between 1998–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Elhadji Dioufb. 1959SNSenegalese politician
- El Hadj Sethe Mbowb. 1985SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese athletics competitor
- Assane Diopb. 1992SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese basketball player (born 1992)
- Elhadji Ndoyeb. 1992SNassociation football player
- Elhadji Pape Diawb. 1994SNSenegalese association football player
- Elhadji Badiane Sidibeb. 1994SNSenegalese footballer
- Elhadji Mour Sambb. 1994SNSenegalese association football player
- Tacko Fallb. 1995SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese basketball player (born 1995)
- Elhadji Malick Tallb. 1995SNassociation football player
- Elhadji Abdourahmane NdiayeSNSenegalese performing artist
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 22 sources across 14 countries.
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 · 82 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Elhadji?
- We estimate roughly 919 people bear Elhadji (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
- In which country does Elhadji have the most bearers?
- Elhadji is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled elhadji.
- How common is Elhadji compared with other names?
- In Senegal, Elhadji is the 30th most common given name of 3,508 given names recorded there.
- Is Elhadji a male or female name?
- Elhadji 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.
Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elhadjiThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use. Bulk access and licensing.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elhadji” — the 30th most common given name in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.