Wame
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Wame is a given name, most frequently recorded in South Africa. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: The belly.
- BWBotswana1 in 5.9K◐
- ZASouth Africa1 in 160K
- NGNigeria1 in 8.1M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 971 ●
- Sources
- 19 ●
in 5 countries
484 records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
The belly.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | — | 212 | 226 rec. | — | — | Wame | 16 |
| US United States | — | 76 | 88 rec. | — | — | Wame | 19 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 18 | 16 rec. | — | — | Wame | 17 |
| BW Botswana | #101 | 14 | 69 rec. | — | — | Wame | 17 |
| AU Australia | — | 13 | 27 rec. | — | — | Wame | 8 |
| NG Nigeria | — | 9 | 19 rec. | — | — | Wame | 5 |
| PH Philippines | — | 7 | 7 rec. | — | — | Wame | 3 |
| IN India | — | 6 | 4 rec. | — | 1 | Wame | 2 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | — | — | 3 rec. | — | 4 | — | 1 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English34831%
- Swahili23821%
- 16314%
- Amharic11110%
- Hindi827%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 348 | 31% |
| Swahili | 238 | 21% |
| 163 | 14% | |
| Amharic | 111 | 10% |
| Hindi | 82 | 7% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Wame is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In enm, alternative form of wombe
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sco, belly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Pasaules Medicīnas redaktoru asociācija (angļu "World Association of Medical Editors")
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence●
Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 34 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Wame?
- Our records include 971 bearers of Wame across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Wame have the most bearers?
- Wame is most frequently recorded in South Africa, where it is most often spelled wame.
- How common is Wame compared with other names?
- In Botswana, Wame is the 101st most common given name of 293 given names recorded there.
- Is Wame a male or female name?
- Wame 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.
- What does the name Wame mean?
- Recorded meaning: The belly.
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wame” — the 101st most common given name in Botswana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.