N'Diaye

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ndiaye in FR France, SN Senegal, US United States and 20 more.

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●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

N'Diaye is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) surname644 records spelled N'Diaye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Ndiaye

• Spanish surname206 records spelled N'Diaye6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, United States, Senegal

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ndiaye, N'Diäye, N'Diayé

• a separate surname67 records spelled N'Diaye4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Senegal, South Africa, Morocco

  Also written Ndiaye, N’diaye, Ndiayé

• a separate name41 records spelled N'Diaye2 spellings in the group

  Also written Ndiaye

• Swahili surname11 records spelled N'Diaye3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Senegal, United States, South Africa, Spain

  Also written Ndiaye

• Polish surname9 records spelled N'Diaye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Senegal, Spain

  Also written Ndiaye

• Turkish surname6 records spelled N'Diaye4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Senegal, United States, Türkiye, Italy

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Ndiaye

21 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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 8 years between 1921–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Robert N'Diayeb. 1942SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese wrestler (1942–2025)
• Maimouna N'Diayeb. 1950GNnot in their usual nameFranco-Burkinabe actress
• Mamadou N'Diayeb. 1975SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese basketball player (born 1975)
• Sylvain N'Diayeb. 1976FRnot in their usual nameSenegalese and French footballer
• Moussa N'Diayeb. 1979SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese footballer (born 1979)
• Fatou N'Diayeb. 1980SNnot in their usual nameFrench actress
• Makhtar N'Diayeb. 1981SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese and French footballer
• Khadim N'Diayeb. 1985SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese footballer
• Alfred N'Diayeb. 1990FRnot in their usual nameSenegalese and French footballer (born 1990)
• Moussa N'Diayeb. 2002SNnot in their usual nameSenegalese footballer (born 2002)

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 · 24 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name N'Diaye?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear N'Diaye (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does N'Diaye have the most bearers?

N'Diaye is most frequently recorded in Senegal, where it is most often spelled ndiaye.

How common is N'Diaye compared with other names?

In Senegal, N'Diaye is the most common surname of 3,356 surnames recorded there.

What does the name N'Diaye mean?

Recorded meaning: unexplained. Possibly from Arabic nadiy ‘generous’, ‘openhanded’ .