Around the world, សៀម (สยาม 
, សៀម 
) is a common gender-neutral forename. The forename សៀម is habitual in South-eastern Asia, particularly Cambodia, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, and Thailand, where it is quite a common primarily masculine, but scarcely girly name. Likewise, សៀម is the last name as well as the forename.