Omphile
given name · Zulu · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Omphile is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. In Botswana it is the 26th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Zulu and Afrikaans, written in the Latin script.
- ZASouth Africa1 in 1.7K◐
- BWBotswana1 in 2.7K
- AUAustralia1 in 19M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 20K ●
- Sources
- 42 ●
in 5 countries
3.7K records
Official registry-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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | #124 | 19,417 | 3.4K rec. | — | 1.7K | Omphile | 42 |
| US United States | — | 47 | 26 rec. | — | — | Omphile | 15 |
| BW Botswana | #26 | 31 | 196 rec. | — | — | Omphile | 15 |
| FR France | — | 11 | 10 rec. | — | — | Omphile | 5 |
| AU Australia | — | 6 | 6 rec. | — | — | Omphile | 8 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Zulu14K69%
- Afrikaans2.5K13%
- English1.3K7%
- Swahili1.2K6%
- French6653%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Zulu | 13,651 | 69% |
| Afrikaans | 2,500 | 13% |
| English | 1,307 | 7% |
| Swahili | 1,174 | 6% |
| French | 665 | 3% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 1 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2021 | 2.5K | #2 |
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2022 | 2.3K | #5 |
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2023 | 1.9K | #7 |
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2021 | 1.9K | #7 |
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2022 | 1.8K | #8 |
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2024 | 1.7K | #9 |
| ZA South Africa | Stats SA — Recorded Live Births (P0305): top-10 baby forenames & surnames | 2023 | 1.6K | #10 |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 7 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Omphile?
- Our records include 19,865 bearers of Omphile across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Omphile have the most bearers?
- Omphile is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled omphile.
- How common is Omphile compared with other names?
- In South Africa, Omphile is the 124th most common given name of 215,346 given names recorded there.
- Is Omphile a male or female name?
- Omphile 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
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, “Omphile” — the 124th most common given name in South Africa. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.