Guadalupe

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 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◐

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

• English given name561K records spelled Guadalupe12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Venezuela

  Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

  Also written Güādälūpë, Guâdâlupé, Güadalupë, Guadalupé

• Catalan given name21K records spelled Guadalupe3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, Canada

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Guadeloupe, Guadeloupé

• Lao given name8.1K records spelled Guadalupe12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written กัวดาลูเป้, Güadalüpe, Gúádálúpé, Guädälupe, Güadälüpë

75 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●

Guadalupe 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 English, Generally Spanish name; often glossed as 'the river of the wolf'

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Spanish, province of Caceres, so called from Arabic wad-el-ubh ‘river of the wolf or ‘river with a curve’. The place is the site of a Hieronymite convent founded in the 14th cent., which possesses a famous image of the Virgin

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• In English, Any of several places in Iberia and the Americas, chiefly an island off Baja California.

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

• In Spanish, a female given name transferred from the place name

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

• In English, Mountains National Park, TX;

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 145 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Guadalupe Victoriab. 1786MXfirst president of Mexico (1786-1845)
• Lupe Velezb. 1908MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress, dancer and vedette (1908—1944)
• Lupe Ontiverosb. 1942USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1942–2012)
• Susana Dosamantesb. 1948MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress (1948-2022)
• Ana Gabrielb. 1955MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer
• Victoria Ruffob. 1962MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress
• Guadalupe Nettelb. 1973MXMexican writer
• Itatí Cantoralb. 1975MXnot in their usual nameMexican actress
• Juan Ciscomanib. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (born 1982)
• Kimberly Loaizab. 1997MXnot in their usual nameMexican 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 · 1,079 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Guadalupe?

We estimate roughly 134 thousand people bear Guadalupe (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Guadalupe have the most bearers?

Guadalupe is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled guadalupe.

How common is Guadalupe compared with other names?

In Mexico, Guadalupe is the 6th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Guadalupe a male or female name?

Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe mean?

Recorded meaning: from the Extremaduran river and the shrine of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe; Marian name, patron of Hispanidad