Minerva Forename

5,108th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 204,048 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Minerva Forename Definition:

A female name. the name of the Roman goddess who was identified with the Greek Pallas Athene. It was probably of Etruscan origin and not, as is sometimes suggested, connected with mens. Minerva has occasionally been used as a christian name since the Renaissance, e.

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Minerva Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico
100%
98,8121:1,256238
United States
100%
25,5781:14,1741,342
Philippines
 
99%
24,5151:4,324740
Venezuela
100%
10,9061:2,769409
Cuba-9,2941:1,238264
Dominican Republic-8,9451:1,166183
Puerto Rico-6,7751:524100
Spain
100%
4,7961:9,702748
Colombia
100%
3,5771:13,3571,073
Chile
100%
1,8101:9,728750
Panama
100%
1,3551:2,883564
Egypt
100%
5861:156,8286,244
Brazil
100%
5641:379,85113,653
Nicaragua
100%
5541:10,8631,099
Saudi Arabia-5251:58,6916,867
Canada
100%
4511:73,4664,224
Lebanon
100%
3781:14,8881,322
Argentina
100%
3661:116,8671,996
Indonesia-2751:938,05059,338
Peru
100%
2731:116,4523,913
Romania
100%
2581:77,7213,729
Jamaica-2401:12,0131,269
Bahamas-2341:1,707401
Italy
100%
1931:316,3843,884
Paraguay
100%
1711:42,3201,758
Bolivia
100%
1591:66,6752,181
Costa Rica
100%
1501:31,7861,742
England
100%
1421:391,5709,077
Guyana
100%
1311:5,8261,016
Curaçao
100%
1281:1,217340
India
100%
1131:10,751,132315,436
Honduras
100%
1081:81,6432,924
Ecuador-961:184,6553,307
Finland
100%
931:58,9591,848
Belize
100%
811:4,374910
El Salvador-771:82,3611,953
South Africa
100%
761:717,53530,512
Haiti
100%
731:146,9457,328
Taiwan
100%
621:383,38224,833
Netherlands
100%
611:277,0838,972
Nigeria
100%
601:2,959,40651,820
Bahrain-591:22,8593,234
Suriname
100%
491:11,2822,027
Sweden
100%
481:205,3737,085
Guatemala
100%
421:383,5344,040
Uruguay
100%
411:83,6012,369
Albania
100%
401:76,1645,876
Greece
100%
381:287,7514,961
Germany
100%
361:2,685,49713,801
United Arab Emirates-301:238,40014,853
Aruba-291:3,579715
Russia
100%
291:4,973,57624,318
France
100%
281:2,373,94112,997
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
271:50,4234,495
Serbia
100%
261:274,8353,965
Thailand
 
99%
251:2,802,63367,582
Australia-231:593,8108,803
DR Congo
100%
211:3,515,60073,131
Saint Lucia
100%
211:8,4671,232
Switzerland
100%
201:410,6757,094
United States Virgin Islands-201:5,487885
Singapore
100%
191:330,8989,778
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Hong Kong-141:553,7664,519
Israel
100%
141:600,20810,774
Belgium
100%
131:883,84911,271
Norway
100%
121:427,6948,125
Pakistan
100%
121:16,196,47390,643
Malaysia
 
93%
101:3,044,99479,253
China-91:151,783,97666,907
Congo
100%
91:556,5789,819
Northern Mariana Islands-91:6,074908
Zambia-91:1,761,64419,373
Guam-71:22,9492,164
Liberia
100%
71:630,29415,835
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Denmark-61:941,58311,543
Saint Kitts and Nevis-61:9,1441,176
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
61:18,5972,290
Croatia
100%
51:843,4157,845
Japan-51:25,597,21150,433
South Korea-51:1,108,88418,705
Austria
100%
41:2,128,55010,134
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
41:47,9993,228
Scotland
100%
41:1,337,59211,885
Sri Lanka-41:5,199,77210,550
Belarus
100%
31:3,160,79512,102
Burkina Faso-31:6,126,49060,119
Oman-31:1,369,5567,879
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Anguilla
100%
21:6,628945
Armenia
100%
21:1,459,37610,220
Georgia
100%
21:1,869,23320,119
Kosovo-21:930,72016,593
Macau-21:304,1041,640
Vietnam-21:46,311,5567,272
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
11:3,524,4588,651
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Bulgaria
100%
11:6,990,39027,036
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cayman Islands-11:61,2992,487
Czechia
100%
11:10,656,16211,509
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Equatorial Guinea
100%
11:1,137,6891,044
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Kazakhstan
100%
11:17,746,84544,366
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Maldives-11:433,9035,827
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Samoa-11:195,1901,348
San Marino-11:32,920787
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Syria-11:19,306,0759,560
Tunisia-11:676,90212,933
Turkey
100%
11:77,801,70991,051
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222

The alternate forms: Mínerva (2) are calculated separately.

Minerva (5,757) may also be a surname.

Minerva Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. the name of the Roman goddess who was identified with the Greek Pallas Athene. It was probably of Etruscan origin and not, as is sometimes suggested, connected with mens. Minerva has occasionally been used as a christian name since the Renaissance, e.g. Minerva Dunn in Shropshire 1679.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

Found as a female baptismal name. Conf. N. Q. 5th S. x. 376. So named from Minerva, goddess of wisdom, war, and all the liberal arts. The name, according to Quintilianus (1, 4, 6), was formerly Menerva, which is thought to be from meneo or meno, for moneo, to advise. Littleton gives ‘menervo, moneo, antiqua vox; unde prome-nervat, monet, in Saliari carmine, Scal., et Menerva ap. vett. quae postea Minerva.’

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Greek name, meaning: The intellectual one. In classic myth­ology, one of the three chief divinities, Athene, the goddess of war, of wisdom, of the liberal arts.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Minerva Forename Popularity

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Minerva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Minerva in the Russian language
Минерваminerva-

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