Esma Forename
7,431st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 140,726 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey
Esma Forename Definition:
A Origin obscure name, meaning: Apparently traced to Old Provençal word of enamel.
Read More About This ForenameEsma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 100% | 113,613 | 1:685 | 130 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 4,505 | 1:782 | 197 |
| Israel | 99% | 2,507 | 1:3,352 | 630 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,200 | 1:72,482 | 5,501 |
| Iran | 100% | 1,856 | 1:42,294 | 1,660 |
| Albania | 99% | 1,507 | 1:2,022 | 440 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,473 | 1:2,538 | 392 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1,022 | 1:6,992 | 715 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 875 | 1:294,816 | 25,778 |
| United States | 100% | 808 | 1:448,684 | 12,302 |
| Russia | 99% | 779 | 1:185,152 | 2,833 |
| Algeria | 100% | 720 | 1:53,023 | 1,812 |
| India | 100% | 685 | 1:1,773,544 | 96,380 |
| Kosovo | - | 591 | 1:3,150 | 645 |
| Germany | 100% | 561 | 1:172,331 | 2,868 |
| Bulgaria | 99% | 513 | 1:13,626 | 1,230 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 488 | 1:34,635 | 2,717 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 436 | 1:9,393 | 837 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Egypt | 88% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 330 | 1:93,292 | 2,750 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 303 | 1:6,900 | 1,074 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 299 | 1:2,122 | 403 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 291 | 1:53,003 | 4,550 |
| Sweden | 100% | 284 | 1:34,711 | 2,052 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 269 | 1:9,140 | 852 |
| Croatia | 100% | 239 | 1:17,645 | 1,043 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Austria | 100% | 190 | 1:44,812 | 1,425 |
| Malaysia | 53% | 170 | 1:179,117 | 10,707 |
| England | 100% | 143 | 1:388,832 | 9,026 |
| Philippines | 57% | 137 | 1:773,792 | 22,727 |
| Belgium | 100% | 135 | 1:85,111 | 3,184 |
| France | 100% | 133 | 1:499,777 | 5,387 |
| Denmark | - | 131 | 1:43,126 | 1,758 |
| Abkhazia | 99% | 125 | 1:1,947 | 337 |
| South Africa | 98% | 125 | 1:436,261 | 21,801 |
| Yemen | - | 123 | 1:213,795 | 1,754 |
| Armenia | 100% | 103 | 1:28,337 | 1,396 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 98 | 1:3,246 | 648 |
| Norway | 100% | 69 | 1:74,382 | 2,681 |
| Australia | - | 61 | 1:223,895 | 5,282 |
| Greece | 100% | 60 | 1:182,242 | 3,865 |
| Honduras | 100% | 57 | 1:154,692 | 4,093 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 55 | 1:175,326 | 5,979 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 52 | 1:874,998 | 3,020 |
| Canada | 100% | 49 | 1:676,191 | 15,827 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 48 | 1:4,049,118 | 41,937 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 46 | 1:178,554 | 4,373 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86% | 44 | 1:185,280 | 15,927 |
| Mexico | 90% | 38 | 1:3,266,959 | 15,678 |
| Kazakhstan | 79% | 35 | 1:507,053 | 7,397 |
| Brazil | 100% | 31 | 1:6,910,844 | 96,926 |
| Italy | 100% | 29 | 1:2,105,589 | 14,372 |
| Thailand | 82% | 26 | 1:2,694,839 | 66,052 |
| Tunisia | - | 24 | 1:28,204 | 1,849 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| Finland | 81% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 90% | 16 | 1:373,330 | 13,392 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 16 | 1:3,347 | 425 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Congo | 100% | 13 | 1:385,323 | 7,484 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 12 | 1:468,964 | 6,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Barbados | - | 10 | 1:28,979 | 2,124 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Scotland | 100% | 7 | 1:764,338 | 8,248 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Venezuela | - | 6 | 1:5,033,649 | 67,876 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Jamaica | - | 4 | 1:720,807 | 13,486 |
| Nepal | 100% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| Marshall Islands | 50% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Nigeria | 50% | 2 | 1:88,782,180 | 420,186 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Spain | 100% | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Ésma (1) & Esmä (1) are calculated separately.
Esma (3,577) may also be a surname.
Esma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Origin obscure name, meaning: Apparently traced to Old Provençal word of enamel.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
From Arabic سمي (smy) 'to be named' is the source of asmāˀ (أسماء), meaning 'the names' as in 'the names of Allah.' This word is the plural of the Arabic word ism (إسم), which means 'name.' For more information, refer to the entry for 'name.' The name is mostly used in Turkey.
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Esma Demographics
Esma Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 14 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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Esma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Esma in the Russian language | ||
| Эсма | esma | - |
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