Demba

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Demba by the numbers

Demba was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Demba

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Demba. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Demiriron37 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Demiantamer or subduer; form of damian15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Deanavalley; a form of deanna or diana20 in the US (2017)
  • Demiddevoted to demeter; diminutive of demetrius5 in the US (2017)
  • Demar32 in the US (2017)
  • Deiby5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Demba

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