Across the world, Етем (Etem 
, Етем 
, Yetem 
) is a common predominantly male, but very infrequently female first name. The first name Етем is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common masculine name, Albania, where it is quite a rare male name, and Bulgaria, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Nigeria, and Germany. Much less frequently, Етем is the last name as well as the forename.