Undine

Girls' name

Undine

Undine has been given to 95 babies in the U.S. since 1912. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Undine, 1935

1 in 348,000

Undine over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Undine: meaning, origin, and history

Undine

Latin

What Undine means

Undine means “undine”, associated with Undine.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From German Undine (“undine”), first used as a given name in the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and in 19th-century operas based on the book.

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Origin, language, and formation

Undine is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

Undine comes through German Undine.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 95 girls were recorded with the name Undine between 1912 and 1935. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1924; its best national rank was #2,130 in 1912.

How common is Undine?

Undine had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1935, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1935: 1 in 348,000; 6 of 2,089,888 births
Among girls only: 1 in 175,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1935: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 241,434 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Undine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1935 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 241,434 children born in 1935 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Undine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Undines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Undine was born before 1922 — so the typical Undine is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 48.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 48.4% of all recorded uses (46).

Is Undine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (10)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,130; 1912

Spellings of Undine

Undine is not the most common spelling — Nadine is, with 82.5% against Undine's 0.15%.

Nadine82.5%53,381
Andie8.5%5,532
Indie6.8%4,412
Aldine1.2%804
Jodine0.80%515
Undine0.15%95

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Undine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,130; 1912
Peak year: 1924; 10 that year
First recorded: 1912
Last recorded: 1935
All-time count: 95
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Undine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Serine Faline Narine Soline Undrea Namine Yvaine Sistine Undra Lupine Adiline Judine Taline Ailine Meline Jaline Lucine Yacine Valine Larine Ladine Maxxine Coline Nerine

Sibling names for Undine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita Vernell Dorris Leonora

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Merritt Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick

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