Name Forename
42,741st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 16,878 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada
Name Forename User-submission:
Old English 'nama' and 'noma' (noun), '(ge)namian' (verb), are of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'naam' and German 'Name,' stemming from a root shared by Latin 'nomen' and Greek 'onoma.'.
Name Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 90% | 4,436 | 1:7,469 | 995 |
| India | 67% | 2,802 | 1:433,575 | 36,366 |
| Turkey | 100% | 2,279 | 1:34,139 | 1,882 |
| Egypt | 76% | 1,887 | 1:48,702 | 2,807 |
| Cambodia | 68% | 1,272 | 1:12,793 | 1,431 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 1,204 | 1:19,166 | 1,777 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 558 | 1:462,300 | 35,641 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 481 | 1:404,070 | 10,228 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 285 | 1:28,605 | 2,844 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Afghanistan | 64% | 226 | 1:144,352 | 4,238 |
| United States | - | 167 | 1:2,170,880 | 35,251 |
| Nepal | 100% | 163 | 1:174,769 | 7,872 |
| Russia | 67% | 103 | 1:1,400,327 | 10,695 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Malaysia | 58% | 84 | 1:362,499 | 17,472 |
| Nigeria | 75% | 70 | 1:2,536,634 | 46,959 |
| Iran | 50% | 57 | 1:1,377,138 | 10,168 |
| Benin | 60% | 48 | 1:220,330 | 10,092 |
| Iraq | 75% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 36 | 1:267,860 | 7,437 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 33 | 1:216,727 | 13,323 |
| Brazil | 60% | 31 | 1:6,910,844 | 96,926 |
| Thailand | 63% | 24 | 1:2,919,409 | 69,251 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 24 | 1:765,811 | 22,877 |
| Senegal | 67% | 21 | 1:694,350 | 7,738 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Philippines | 63% | 16 | 1:6,625,592 | 105,856 |
| Mauritania | 80% | 15 | 1:273,016 | 7,154 |
| South Africa | 50% | 13 | 1:4,194,819 | 94,932 |
| England | 75% | 10 | 1:5,560,292 | 48,776 |
| Ethiopia | 67% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| China | - | 9 | 1:151,783,976 | 66,907 |
| Netherlands | 50% | 8 | 1:2,112,760 | 26,769 |
| Niger | 50% | 6 | 1:3,197,332 | 33,105 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 6 | 1:2,957,808 | 19,121 |
| France | - | 5 | 1:13,294,068 | 36,843 |
| Singapore | 100% | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Taiwan | - | 4 | 1:5,942,420 | 87,370 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Ireland | 60% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Poland | 53% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4 | 1:3,855,954 | 74,439 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Germany | 70% | 4 | 1:24,169,469 | 59,466 |
| Australia | - | 4 | 1:3,414,406 | 25,298 |
| Armenia | 50% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Cameroon | 67% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3 | 1:3,285,969 | 41,581 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Italy | 57% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Israel | 97% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
The alternate forms: Ñämè (1) are calculated separately.
Name (9,142) may also be a surname.
Name Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Old English 'nama' and 'noma' (noun), '(ge)namian' (verb), are of Germanic origin, related to Dutch 'naam' and German 'Name,' stemming from a root shared by Latin 'nomen' and Greek 'onoma.'.
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Name Demographics
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in Russia
Sample size: 6 (2016)
Religious Adherence
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Name Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the Russian language | ||
| Наме | name | - |
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