Dulce Forename
2,826th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 368,742 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Cape Verde
Dulce Forename Definition:
DULCIE; DULCIA. Dulce and Dulcia are variants; Dulcie a diminutive of the other two. See Dulcibella.
Dulce Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 158,167 | 1:785 | 158 |
| Mozambique | - | 44,159 | 1:617 | 127 |
| Brazil | 100% | 40,916 | 1:5,236 | 704 |
| Angola | 100% | 24,563 | 1:1,098 | 220 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18,923 | 1:1,596 | 249 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 18,538 | 1:563 | 69 |
| United States | 100% | 14,576 | 1:24,872 | 1,869 |
| Portugal | - | 14,325 | 1:727 | 123 |
| Philippines | 99% | 12,383 | 1:8,561 | 1,217 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,680 | 1:8,192 | 670 |
| Honduras | 100% | 3,749 | 1:2,352 | 397 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 2,667 | 1:6,040 | 675 |
| Cuba | - | 1,631 | 1:7,055 | 651 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,620 | 1:3,715 | 592 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1,287 | 1:411 | 44 |
| Costa Rica | 93% | 678 | 1:7,032 | 773 |
| Colombia | 100% | 441 | 1:108,342 | 3,406 |
| Argentina | 94% | 435 | 1:98,329 | 1,858 |
| Peru | 99% | 367 | 1:86,625 | 3,329 |
| Paraguay | 95% | 308 | 1:23,496 | 1,382 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Ecuador | - | 265 | 1:66,894 | 2,025 |
| France | 100% | 247 | 1:269,111 | 3,838 |
| Canada | 100% | 243 | 1:136,351 | 6,104 |
| Panama | 100% | 212 | 1:18,427 | 1,886 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 205 | 1:937 | 164 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 166 | 1:101,820 | 5,220 |
| England | 88% | 163 | 1:341,122 | 8,272 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 147 | 1:72,118 | 2,241 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 115 | 1:1,355 | 361 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| South Africa | 98% | 104 | 1:524,352 | 24,687 |
| El Salvador | - | 99 | 1:64,058 | 1,780 |
| Germany | 100% | 73 | 1:1,324,354 | 9,189 |
| Switzerland | 97% | 72 | 1:114,076 | 3,405 |
| Belize | 100% | 68 | 1:5,210 | 1,041 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 63 | 1:377,297 | 24,619 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Chile | 97% | 56 | 1:314,414 | 4,695 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 54 | 1:4,777,105 | 191,615 |
| Thailand | 84% | 45 | 1:1,557,018 | 48,262 |
| Australia | - | 36 | 1:379,378 | 6,878 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 34 | 1:16,590 | 1,110 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 29 | 1:122,424 | 2,077 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 26 | 1:131,832 | 2,999 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Sweden | 100% | 19 | 1:518,837 | 13,099 |
| Italy | 95% | 15 | 1:4,070,806 | 21,403 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Norway | 100% | 14 | 1:366,595 | 7,406 |
| Singapore | 100% | 14 | 1:449,075 | 10,858 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13 | 1:883,849 | 11,271 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| India | 84% | 12 | 1:101,239,831 | 1,357,349 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 11 | 1:741,119 | 53,497 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,811 | 1,077 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Jamaica | - | 8 | 1:360,403 | 10,541 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| Denmark | - | 7 | 1:807,071 | 10,426 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7 | 1:764,338 | 8,248 |
| Congo | 100% | 5 | 1:1,001,841 | 16,039 |
| Israel | 100% | 5 | 1:1,680,584 | 18,495 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| New Zealand | - | 4 | 1:1,134,011 | 10,998 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4 | 1:1,787,998 | 44,562 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 2 | 1:15,224,970 | 260,513 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Dulcé (3) & Dulcè (1) are calculated separately.
Dulce (8,344) may also be a surname.
Dulce Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
DULCIE; DULCIA. Dulce and Dulcia are variants; Dulcie a diminutive of the other two. See Dulcibella.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name which some derive from the Latin dulcis, sweet, pleasant; also gentle. Others say it is the same as Dousie, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
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Sample size: 1,620 (2014)
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