Entry № 2174 · Asturian origin

Covadonga Covadonga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ koh-vah-DOHN-gah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Asturian
Meaning
"Spanish Reconquista site (Asturian heritage)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "spanish reconquista site (asturian heritage)".

Covadonga is from the Asturian/Spanish place name — referring to the iconic Marian shrine in Asturias. Covadonga Toca — modern Spanish-American figure. Princess Covadonga — modern Spanish heritage naming.

Iconic Spanish Reconquista site.

The name in its native script.

Covadonga
Transliteration
Covadonga
Pronunciation
/ ˌkoʊ.vəˈdɒŋ.ɡə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Covadonga stands.

Covadonga does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Covadongas before her.

Real people
Princess Covadonga of Spain
Spanish Borbón-Parma princess.
1937 – 2009
Covadonga O'Shea
Spanish Telva magazine founder.
1938 – 2024
In fiction
Covadonga
Asturian Marian devotion.

Names connected to Covadonga.

The number behind Covadonga.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Covadonga reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.