Media Forename
48,298th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 14,135 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe
Media Forename Definition:
Me'-de-a, measure, covering, abundance. A country bounded on the west by Armenia and Assyria Proper, on the east by Persia, on the north by the Caspian provinces, and on the south by Susiana. It was an elevated and mountainous country, and formed a kind of pass between the cultivated parts of eastern and western Asia.
Read More About This ForenameMedia Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,642 | 1:4,235 | 690 |
| Indonesia | 70% | 2,851 | 1:90,482 | 10,379 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 1,602 | 1:46,085 | 3,076 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,113 | 1:47,429 | 3,539 |
| Zambia | - | 766 | 1:20,698 | 1,771 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 593 | 1:38,914 | 3,049 |
| Egypt | 64% | 521 | 1:176,393 | 6,761 |
| United States | 100% | 504 | 1:719,319 | 16,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| India | 99% | 212 | 1:5,730,556 | 209,161 |
| Canada | - | 193 | 1:171,676 | 6,973 |
| Ireland | 100% | 185 | 1:25,100 | 1,114 |
| Philippines | 98% | 149 | 1:711,473 | 21,437 |
| Turkey | 100% | 129 | 1:603,114 | 7,715 |
| Uganda | 97% | 118 | 1:347,093 | 9,452 |
| Germany | 100% | 89 | 1:1,086,268 | 8,198 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 85 | 1:2,088,992 | 41,364 |
| Russia | 56% | 70 | 1:2,060,481 | 13,774 |
| Romania | 100% | 60 | 1:334,200 | 10,066 |
| Brazil | 100% | 56 | 1:3,825,646 | 65,367 |
| Sweden | 88% | 53 | 1:185,998 | 6,619 |
| England | 95% | 51 | 1:1,090,253 | 17,508 |
| Georgia | 93% | 45 | 1:83,077 | 3,288 |
| Iraq | - | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| South Africa | 100% | 37 | 1:1,473,855 | 48,984 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Greece | 100% | 32 | 1:341,705 | 5,459 |
| Namibia | - | 31 | 1:77,554 | 3,985 |
| France | - | 28 | 1:2,373,941 | 12,997 |
| Cameroon | 79% | 26 | 1:831,173 | 23,165 |
| Australia | - | 24 | 1:569,068 | 8,566 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Netherlands | 93% | 22 | 1:768,276 | 15,209 |
| Iran | - | 19 | 1:4,131,414 | 17,591 |
| Croatia | 100% | 18 | 1:234,282 | 3,778 |
| Afghanistan | 94% | 17 | 1:1,919,030 | 17,461 |
| Malaysia | 62% | 17 | 1:1,791,173 | 53,830 |
| Botswana | 100% | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Congo | 100% | 15 | 1:333,947 | 6,940 |
| Finland | 70% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Burkina Faso | 71% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| Austria | 100% | 11 | 1:774,018 | 6,072 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 11 | 1:741,119 | 53,497 |
| Jamaica | - | 9 | 1:320,359 | 9,892 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Pakistan | 77% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Albania | 100% | 7 | 1:435,224 | 16,450 |
| Ecuador | - | 7 | 1:2,532,417 | 12,755 |
| Italy | 100% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Niger | 100% | 7 | 1:2,740,571 | 30,052 |
| Belarus | 67% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Thailand | 86% | 6 | 1:11,677,636 | 152,954 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Israel | 100% | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Senegal | 75% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Mexico | - | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Norway | - | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3 | 1:2,737,832 | 21,065 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Belgium | - | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Média (28), Mêdia (1) & Mediã (1) are calculated separately.
Media (2,123) may also be a surname.
Media Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Me'-de-a, measure, covering, abundance. A country bounded on the west by Armenia and Assyria Proper, on the east by Persia, on the north by the Caspian provinces, and on the south by Susiana. It was an elevated and mountainous country, and formed a kind of pass between the cultivated parts of eastern and western Asia. It is commonly thought that it was peopled by the descendants of Madai, son of Japheth. Gen. x. 2. The Greeks maintain that it took its name from Medus, the son of Medea.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: he of the measured: my garments.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Latin name, meaning: The center.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Media Forename Popularity
Media Demographics
Average Media Salary in
United States
$45,667 USD
Per year
Rank:
174,558 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
8.08802E-5
Rank: 24,485 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
104.91%
Sample size: 146 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Media Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Media in the Russian language | ||
| Медиа | media | - |
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