Lisbon

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lissabon in DE Germany.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 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◐

Lisbon is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish name365 records spelled Lisbon7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Mexico, Peru, Colombia

  Also written Lisboa, Lisbôa, Lisböa, Lísbóá, Lisbón

• Portuguese surname264 records spelled Lisbon10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde

  Also written Lisboa, Lisbôa, Lisbõa, Lįsboa, Lisböa

• French name177 records spelled Lisbon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Portugal, Tunisia, Finland

  Also written Lisbonne, Lisboa

• Indonesian name93 records spelled Lisbon4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lisbôa, Lisboa

• Chinese name62 records spelled Lisbon4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Macao, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan

  Also written Lisboa, Lisbo, Lisbôa

• Arabic name37 records spelled Lisbon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria

  Also written Lisboa, Lisbo, Lisbôa

32 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●

Lisbon is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A port city on the Iberian Peninsula, at the mouth of the Tagus River on the Atlantic Ocean; the capital city of Portugal.

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

• In English, city, Portugal

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Welsh, Lisbon (the capital city of Portugal)

  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.

Notable people with this name●

• Don Lisbonb. 1941USAmerican and Canadian football player

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 · 12 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lisbon?

Our records include 416,913 bearers of Lisbon across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Lisbon have the most bearers?

Lisbon is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled lisbon.

What does the name Lisbon mean?

Recorded meaning: Anglicized form of ‘Lisbon’, Portuguese Lisboa the capital city of Portugal.