Elder Forename
16,941st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 55,368 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Guatemala
Elder Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: Older.
Elder Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 16,180 | 1:13,241 | 1,386 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 11,110 | 1:1,450 | 300 |
| Honduras | 100% | 5,326 | 1:1,656 | 289 |
| Peru | 89% | 4,118 | 1:7,720 | 989 |
| United States | 91% | 3,986 | 1:90,953 | 4,164 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,776 | 1:17,211 | 1,266 |
| Mexico | 96% | 1,981 | 1:62,668 | 2,071 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,674 | 1:3,595 | 579 |
| Nigeria | 89% | 1,252 | 1:141,825 | 6,999 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| Argentina | 66% | 585 | 1:73,117 | 1,636 |
| Haiti | 100% | 543 | 1:19,755 | 1,657 |
| Philippines | 95% | 473 | 1:224,122 | 9,585 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 442 | 1:7,755 | 642 |
| Costa Rica | 85% | 413 | 1:11,545 | 1,021 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 337 | 1:89,620 | 4,233 |
| Uganda | 99% | 330 | 1:124,112 | 5,183 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 288 | 1:53,555 | 4,573 |
| Portugal | - | 277 | 1:37,584 | 1,442 |
| El Salvador | - | 273 | 1:23,230 | 1,133 |
| Ecuador | - | 197 | 1:89,984 | 2,338 |
| Cuba | - | 193 | 1:59,619 | 1,657 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 192 | 1:55,216 | 2,079 |
| Paraguay | 94% | 175 | 1:41,353 | 1,738 |
| Kenya | 100% | 126 | 1:367,517 | 11,717 |
| Cape Verde | - | 104 | 1:5,088 | 694 |
| Chile | 80% | 102 | 1:172,620 | 3,396 |
| South Africa | 82% | 89 | 1:612,726 | 27,502 |
| Belize | 100% | 86 | 1:4,120 | 869 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Panama | 100% | 66 | 1:59,190 | 3,654 |
| England | 89% | 63 | 1:882,586 | 15,371 |
| Zambia | - | 63 | 1:251,663 | 7,957 |
| Canada | 100% | 60 | 1:552,223 | 14,011 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 58 | 1:910,143 | 19,039 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Botswana | 100% | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Namibia | - | 26 | 1:92,468 | 4,483 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Indonesia | - | 24 | 1:10,748,486 | 334,727 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 24 | 1:147,929 | 2,248 |
| Spain | 100% | 24 | 1:1,938,749 | 11,480 |
| Italy | 99% | 22 | 1:2,775,550 | 17,247 |
| Russia | 100% | 22 | 1:6,556,077 | 28,980 |
| Belgium | 100% | 16 | 1:718,128 | 9,982 |
| Liberia | 78% | 16 | 1:275,754 | 8,947 |
| India | 100% | 15 | 1:80,991,865 | 1,179,577 |
| France | 100% | 14 | 1:4,747,881 | 19,704 |
| Singapore | - | 11 | 1:571,550 | 11,876 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Malaysia | 55% | 9 | 1:3,383,327 | 86,111 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| China | - | 7 | 1:195,150,826 | 73,144 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Germany | 100% | 6 | 1:16,112,979 | 44,905 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6 | 1:995,546 | 22,001 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 6 | 1:32,000 | 2,340 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6 | 1:1,368,916 | 14,223 |
| Ireland | - | 5 | 1:928,704 | 6,907 |
| Australia | - | 5 | 1:2,731,524 | 22,009 |
| Thailand | 100% | 5 | 1:14,013,163 | 173,193 |
| Iraq | 100% | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Congo | 50% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Sweden | 67% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | 100% | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1 | 1:7,151,993 | 94,323 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
The alternate forms: Élder (13) are calculated separately.
Elder (57,783) may also be a surname.
Elder Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: Older.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Elder Forename Popularity
Elder Demographics
Elder Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Elder Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elder in the Russian language | ||
| Эльдер | elder | - |
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