Given name
Dunia
“having dark features”
Dunia is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “having dark features.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “having dark features.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dunia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 629
- 6 boys · 623 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,314 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,314 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,336 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dunia’s family of names
Dunia has a related form in Dunya. Dunia has a related form in Duniah. Dunia has a related form in Duniya.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dunia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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