Given name & surname
Uda
“one who is wealthy; prosperous”
Uda is a variant of Udele. One English interpretation is “one who is wealthy; prosperous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Uda is a variant of Udele. One English interpretation is “one who is wealthy; prosperous.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Uda is a variant of Udele. An origin associated with Udele is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Uda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1921. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 164 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Uda’s family of names
Uda has a related form in Udele. In Japanese usage, Uda as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 宇田.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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