Niaina

given name · Malagasy · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Niaina is a given name, most frequently recorded in Madagascar, where it is the 41st most common given name. It appears chiefly in Malagasy and French, written in the Latin script.

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  • MGMadagascar1 in 497◐

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

769 ●

in 5 countries

Sources
26 ●

437 records

Reference-verified

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world●

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

Where Niaina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MG Madagascar#41411422 rec.—Niaina26

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Languages●

  • Malagasy41753%
  • French33442%
  • English122%
  • German91%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Malagasy41753%
French33442%
English122%
German91%

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◐

Niaina is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name461 records spelled Niaina2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Niaïna

  • Thai given name7 records spelled Niaina2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand

    Also written นิอัยณา

12 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.

Evidence●

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Niaina under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Niaina?
Our records include 769 bearers of Niaina across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
In which country does Niaina have the most bearers?
Niaina is most frequently recorded in Madagascar, where it is most often spelled niaina.
How common is Niaina compared with other names?
In Madagascar, Niaina is the 41st most common given name of 2,416 given names recorded there.
Is Niaina a male or female name?
Niaina is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
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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, “Niaina” — the 41st most common given name in Madagascar. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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