Name
PAPA

Name PAPA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 533 births of Papa in the countries below, which represents an average of 4 births of children bearing the first name Papa per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 9 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Papa   
In Italiano Nome Papa   


Information about the first name Papa

The first name Papa has been assigned to:
100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls
The country where the first name Papa is the most common is:
FR France
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Papa in Japanese *

Romajipapa
Katakanaパパ
Hiraganaぱぱ
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Papa in Japanese
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Origin and meaning of name Papa

US English
Etymology src :
  • From French papa, from Middle French papa, from Old French papa, from Latin papa, probably originally a reduplicated imitation of a child's early efforts at vocalising Latin pater (“father”). Compare Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Anagrams src :
  • APAP
Anagrams src :
  • APAP
Noun src :
  • PAPA (plural PAPAs)
  • Any pinball tournament held under the auspices of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
  • (aviation) Acronym of Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid.
Noun src :
  • papa (plural papas)
  • (often childish) Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  • (informal) A pet name for one's grandfather.
  • A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Papa from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) enPR: pə-päʹ, IPA(key): /pəˈpɑː/
  • (US) enPR: päʹ-pə, IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.pə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː, -ɑːpə
  • Homophones: poppa (father–bother merger), popper (in non-rhotic accents with the father–bother merger)
Proper noun src :
  • PAPA
  • Acronym of Professional and Amateur Pinball Association.
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • come to papa
  • papa's girl
Noun (See also) src :
FR French
Etymology src :
  • From Middle French papa, child-speak, syllable-repetitive; compare maman.
Noun src :
  • papa m (plural papas)
  • (childish) papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy
  • pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /pa.pa/
General
Alternative forms src :
  • Pappa
Noun src :
  • papa (definite accusative papayı, plural papalar)
  • pope
ES Spanish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin pāpās, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas).
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Quechua papa.
Etymology src :
  • From Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).
Etymology src :
  • See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa m (plural papas)
  • pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f (plural papas)
  • (Latin America, Canary Islands, Andalusia) potato
  • Synonym: (Spain) patata
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f (plural papas)
  • (childish, familiar) very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general
  • (figuratively) nonsense, trifle, rubbish
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • papa
  • inflection of papar:
  • third-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/ [ˈpa.pa]
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa
Proper noun src :
  • Papa m
  • the Pope (head of both the Catholic and Coptic Churches)
ID Indonesian
Etymology src :
  • From Sanskrit पाप (pāpa, “bad, evil, low”).
Etymology src :
  • Devoiced bapa.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa
  • poor condition, misery
  • (Hinduism) sin
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /pa.pa/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa
  • (colloquial) father
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /pa.pa/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
HU Hungarian
Noun src :
  • papa (plural papák)
  • dad
  • Coordinate term: mama
  • (dialectal) granddad, grandfather
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒpɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
  • Rhymes: -pɒ
Old English
Etymology src :
  • From Ecclesiastical Latin pāpa, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Noun src :
  • pāpa m
  • pope
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.pɑ/
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Middle English: pope, pape, popa, papa, papæ, pwopeEnglish: popeJamaican Creole: puopTok Pisin: pop→ Hindi: पोप (pop)→ Urdu: پوپ‎ (pop)Scots: pape, paipe, paip
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from German Pappe.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from French papa.
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Italian papa.
Etymology src :
  • Uncertain. Possibly a deverbal from papać. Alternative theories suggest a derivation from theorized *plapa, from dialectal German Plappe (“mouth”), from plappern.
Etymology src :
  • Possibly borrowed from Latin pappa.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f
  • tarpaper
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa m pers
  • (archaic) dad
  • Synonyms: ojciec, tata
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa m pers
  • (colloquial) pope
  • Synonym: papież
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f
  • (colloquial, mildly derogatory) face
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f
  • Augmentative of papka
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pa/
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: pa‧pa
Malay
Etymology src :
  • Devoiced bapa.
Noun src :
  • papa
  • father (male parent)
Pronunciation src :
  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /papə/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /papa/
  • Rhymes: -apə, -pə, -ə
Noun (Synonyms) src :
  • bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba)
  • ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)
  • abah (aba, bah)
  • rama
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese papa, probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Etymology src :
  • From Latin pappa or pāpa (“infant's cry for food”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa m (plural papas)
  • (Christianity) pope
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f (plural papas)
  • pap (food in the form of a soft paste)
  • (figuratively) something with a pasty consistency
  • (informal, childish) any type of food
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • papa
  • inflection of papar:
  • third-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • Rhymes: -apɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Galician
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese papa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pappa.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa m (plural papas)
  • pope
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa̝/
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • papa f (plural papas)
  • (usually in the plural) pap; porridge
  • Synonym: papuxa
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa̝/
Mauritian Creole
Etymology src :
  • From French papa.
Noun src :
  • papa
  • father
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /papa/
Turkish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Italian papa.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /pɑˈpɑ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Latin
Etymology src :
  • A nursery word imitative of the movement of the infant's lips during eating. Compare English pap, German Papp, Hungarian papi. Also see the derivative pappō.
Etymology src :
  • From early Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, title for priests & bishops, especially by 3rd c. the bishop of Alexandria), from πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”).
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • pappa
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • pāpa f (genitive pāpae); first declension
  • (childish) yum yum, num-num, food (especially pap)
  • (Nonius Marcellus, De Compendiosa Doctrina, 81 M, 2-4)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • pāpa m (genitive pāpae, feminine pāpissa); first declension
  • a dad, daddy, father
  • (Ecclesiastical Latin) a bishop
  • Synonyms: episcopus, pontifex
  • (Ecclesiastical Latin) a pope (the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)
  • The traditional exclamation in Rome after a papal election:
  • Synonym: pontifex maximus
  • (Ecclesiastical Latin) a patriarch (in primatial sees, notably Coptic Alexandria).
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.pa/, [ˈpäːpä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pa/, [ˈpäːpä]
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From Latin papa, from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas).
Noun src :
  • papa m (plural papi)
  • pope
  • Synonym: pontefice
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pa/
  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Hyphenation: pà‧pa
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • papale
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Turkish: papa
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from French papa.
Alternative forms src :
  • pappa (less common)
Noun src :
  • papa m (plural papa's, diminutive papaatje n)
  • Dad (term of address for one’s father, especially used by young children).
  • Synonyms: pa, pap
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.paː/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pa
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • papadag
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: papa
  • Negerhollands: popa, pupa→ Virgin Islands Creole: popa, pupa (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: papai
Noun (See also) src :
  • vader
DE German
Noun src :
  • Papa m (strong, genitive Papas, plural Papas)
  • dad, daddy
  • Synonym: Vati
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈpapa/ (commonly)
  • IPA(key): /paˈpaː/ (obsolete, lofty)
  • Rhymes: -apa, -aː
Noun (Derived terms) src :
NO Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun src :
  • papa m (definite singular papaen, indefinite plural papaer or papaar, definite plural papaene or papaane)
  • (pre-2012) alternative form of pappa
 

Popularity of the name Papa

Number of PAPA births per year

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Total births of Papa by country

Births with the first name Papa
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
267
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
109
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
79
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
27
0
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
21
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
10
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
6
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
5
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
3
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
3
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
2
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Papa

Total births of Papa by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Papa
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
2022
9
0

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Personalities with the first name Papa

There are 21 personalities with the first name Papa

Papa Bouba Diop src

Senegal
Association football player

Papa Wemba (Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba) src

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Actor Composer Singer Songwriter Film score composer Film actor Recording artist

Papakouli Diop src

Senegal
Association football player

Papa Babacar Diawara src

Senegal
Association football player

Pape Malick Diop src

Senegal
Association football player

Papa Gueye src

Senegal
Association football player

Papa Waigo N'diaye src

Senegal
Association football player

Papa Demba Camara src

Senegal
Association football player

Papa Charlie Jackson src

United states of america
Singer Musician Street artist Banjoist

Pape Alioune Diouf src

Senegal
Association football player


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Papa
Full list of personalities with the first name Papa

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Papa

There are 48 actors and actresses with the first name Papa
Papa Dom
Papa Wemba
Papa John Creach
Papa Mutt Carey
Papa Dab
Papa Jackson
Papa Threecards
Papa Momar Mbaye
Papa Kouyaté
Papa Guchi
Papa Stanescu
Papa Joffre
Papa Garcia
Papa Joe Aviance
Papa Balla Ndong
Papa Oschmann
Papa Roach
Papa Matarau
Papa Dee
Papa M'boup
Papa Ndongo Lam
Papa Abdou Gueye
Papa A.P.
Papa Adbourahmane Diakhate
Papa Dadams
Papa Loadz
Papa Cheikh Diop
Papa Ñiang
Papa Reu
Papa Ngone Gadiaga

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Papa
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Papa

Rankings of first name PAPA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#2907FR France2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name PAPA (female) births over the last year available in each country
Other boys' names around Papa
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Other girls' names around Papa
PAOLISMARPAOLLAPAOLOPAOLOAPAOLYNPAOLYNEPAOMAPAOOLAPAOYUPAOZHUO PAPA PAPAGENAPAPAKIIPAPALEPAPATYAPAPAYAPAPEPAPELLYPAPHADAPAPHAELLEPAPHASSASI

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