Meta Forename
14,757th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 65,270 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Slovenia
Meta Forename Definition:
An occasional diminutive of Margaret; cf. the much more frequent Meg.
Meta Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 100% | 13,524 | 1:7,214 | 1,119 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 13,078 | 1:19,725 | 2,783 |
| Germany | 100% | 10,527 | 1:9,184 | 674 |
| India | 57% | 5,675 | 1:214,075 | 21,856 |
| Senegal | 91% | 4,583 | 1:3,182 | 357 |
| United States | 100% | 3,844 | 1:94,312 | 4,269 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,577 | 1:6,559 | 932 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 1,671 | 1:44,182 | 2,995 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,375 | 1:115,972 | 7,431 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,279 | 1:1,922 | 361 |
| Denmark | - | 889 | 1:6,355 | 665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61% | 616 | 1:13,234 | 1,326 |
| Pakistan | 98% | 511 | 1:380,348 | 9,891 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 472 | 1:17,401 | 1,319 |
| South Africa | 95% | 401 | 1:135,992 | 9,926 |
| Latvia | 97% | 383 | 1:5,263 | 489 |
| Kenya | 80% | 357 | 1:129,712 | 6,186 |
| Thailand | 83% | 329 | 1:212,966 | 13,708 |
| Canada | 100% | 325 | 1:101,949 | 5,143 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 215 | 1:107,330 | 6,482 |
| Serbia | 100% | 214 | 1:33,391 | 1,663 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 188 | 1:3,375 | 573 |
| Sweden | 98% | 185 | 1:53,286 | 2,766 |
| Brazil | 100% | 173 | 1:1,238,359 | 30,369 |
| England | 100% | 147 | 1:378,251 | 8,865 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 133 | 1:13,858 | 871 |
| Burkina Faso | 93% | 108 | 1:170,180 | 7,993 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 107 | 1:1,659,480 | 35,184 |
| Cambodia | 66% | 88 | 1:184,924 | 6,170 |
| Zimbabwe | 58% | 87 | 1:177,285 | 11,011 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 86 | 1:47,619 | 2,522 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 80 | 1:87,380 | 3,305 |
| Philippines | 96% | 60 | 1:1,766,825 | 40,630 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 53 | 1:39,448 | 3,029 |
| Ireland | 100% | 50 | 1:92,870 | 2,377 |
| Belgium | 100% | 49 | 1:234,491 | 5,334 |
| Scotland | 100% | 48 | 1:111,466 | 2,546 |
| Australia | - | 46 | 1:296,905 | 6,027 |
| Kosovo | - | 46 | 1:40,466 | 3,313 |
| Malaysia | 50% | 45 | 1:676,665 | 26,854 |
| Austria | 100% | 40 | 1:212,855 | 3,107 |
| Estonia | 100% | 37 | 1:35,551 | 2,373 |
| Uganda | 100% | 35 | 1:1,170,198 | 19,069 |
| Greece | 100% | 32 | 1:341,705 | 5,459 |
| Nepal | 67% | 28 | 1:1,017,405 | 21,775 |
| France | 100% | 27 | 1:2,461,864 | 13,275 |
| New Zealand | - | 26 | 1:174,463 | 5,979 |
| Zambia | - | 26 | 1:609,800 | 12,796 |
| Norway | 100% | 22 | 1:233,288 | 5,551 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Russia | 79% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| Ukraine | 94% | 20 | 1:2,274,995 | 5,472 |
| Barbados | - | 18 | 1:16,099 | 1,338 |
| Israel | 100% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| Tanzania | 57% | 16 | 1:3,299,270 | 23,966 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 15 | 1:136,000 | 10,756 |
| Finland | 100% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Italy | 63% | 13 | 1:4,697,084 | 22,664 |
| Niger | 100% | 11 | 1:1,743,999 | 22,373 |
| Colombia | - | 10 | 1:4,777,893 | 27,360 |
| Turkey | 57% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Spain | 100% | 8 | 1:5,816,246 | 16,159 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 8 | 1:170,177 | 9,829 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 7 | 1:5,408 | 486 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Wales | 100% | 7 | 1:442,044 | 5,971 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Cameroon | 50% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Singapore | 100% | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Hungary | 67% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | 75% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| 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 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Méta (12), Metà (1) & Mèta (1) are calculated separately.
Meta (83,738) may also be a surname.
Meta Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
An occasional diminutive of Margaret; cf. the much more frequent Meg.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: The column marking the turning point in a race. Some authorities give this as a diminutive of Margaret.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Meta Forename Popularity
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in Ireland
Sample size: 230 (1901)
Religious Adherence
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Meta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meta in the Russian language | ||
| Мета | meta | - |
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