Ndiaye

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled N'Diaye in MR Mauritania, CI Côte d’Ivoire, ML Mali.

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 across 3 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◐

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

• Spanish surname28K records spelled Ndiaye6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, United States, Senegal

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written N'Diaye, N'Diäye, N'Diayé

• a separate surname2.1K records spelled Ndiaye4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written N'Diaye, N’diaye, Ndiayé

• Swahili surname768 records spelled Ndiaye3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written N'Diaye

• Danish surname295 records spelled Ndiaye6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Senegal

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Ndïâÿê

• Polish surname235 records spelled Ndiaye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Senegal, Spain

  Also written N'Diaye

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) surname113 records spelled Ndiaye2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written N'Diaye

46 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●

• Souleymane Ndéné Ndiayeb. 1958SNSenegalese politician
• Pap Ndiayeb. 1965FRFrench historian and politician
• Marie NDiayeb. 1967FRFrench novelist and playwright
• Sibeth Ndiayeb. 1979SNFrench politician and communication adviser
• Badou Ndiayeb. 1990SNSenegalese association football player
• Cherif Ndiayeb. 1996SNSenegalese footballer (born 1996)
• Amath Ndiaye Diedhioub. 1996SNSenegalese association football player
• Iliman Ndiayeb. 2000FRSenegalese-French footballer (born 2000)
• Abdoulaye Ndiayeb. 2002SNSenegalese association footballer
• Bara Sapoko Ndiayeb. 2007SNSenegalese footballer (born 2007)

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 · 58 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ndiaye?

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

In which country does Ndiaye have the most bearers?

Ndiaye is most frequently recorded in Senegal, where it is most often spelled ndiaye.

How common is Ndiaye compared with other names?

In Senegal, Ndiaye is the most common surname of 3,356 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Ndiaye mean?

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