Modibo

given name · French · Latin script

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

Modibo is a given name, most frequently recorded in the United States. In Mali it is the 23rd most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Helper.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance1 in 109K◐
  • MLMali1 in 1.4K
  • SNSenegal1 in 17K

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

≈1.1K ●

across 4 countries

Sources
126 ●

5.8K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 102K ◐

Spain

Meaning & origin●

Helper

Sources 1

  • The book of African names

Where in the world●

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

Where Modibo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—683746 rec.—7Modibo57
ML Mali#23670620 rec.—19Modibo26
FR France—6202.8K rec.1 in 109K620Modibo126
ES Spain—489△184 rec.1 in 102K489Modibo17
NG Nigeria—270462 rec.—listedModibo20
CI Côte d’Ivoire—103116 rec.——Modibo10
IT Italy—80102 rec.—1Modibo8
ZA South Africa—80108 rec.——Modibo4
BE Belgium—7175 rec.—2Modibo8
CM Cameroon—65161 rec.——Modibo10
SN Senegal#6994026 rec.——Modibo11
DZ Algeria—3853 rec.——Modibo6

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

Languages●

  • French6.5K63%
  • Spanish1K10%
  • English6947%
  • French (Côte d’Ivoire)5666%
  • Catalan4895%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
French6,49263%
Spanish1,04210%
English6947%
French (Côte d’Ivoire)5666%
Catalan4895%

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◐

Modibo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name97 records spelled Modibo2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, Libya, Egypt

    Also written Mõdibõ

39 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.

Notable people with this name●

1700180019002000Modibo Adama, b. 1786Modibo Keita, b. 1915Modibo Keita, b. 1942Modibo Sidibé, b. 1952Cheick Modibo Diarra, b. 1952Modibo Niakate, b. 1981Modibo Maïga, b. 1987Modibo Diakité, b. 1987Modibo Dembélé, b. 1993Modibo Sagnan, b. 1999

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 17 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Modibo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024620#1,671
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—489#4,641
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—427#2,353
ML MaliWikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names—19#13
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—15#97,717
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20237—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)20245—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)20235—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20125—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20115—
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20082#140,430
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520252#592

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • 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 · 18 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Modibo?
We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Modibo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.
In which country does Modibo have the most bearers?
Modibo is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled modibo.
How common is Modibo compared with other names?
In Mali, Modibo is the 23rd most common given name of 1,827 given names recorded there.
Is Modibo a male or female name?
Modibo 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.
What does the name Modibo mean?
Recorded meaning: Helper
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

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, “Modibo” — the 23rd most common given name in Mali. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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