Elhâm

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Elhâm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Afghanistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 3.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 5K
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 6.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Afghanistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈27,000 people, est.

Sources
242 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Afghanistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Elham in US United States, EG Egypt, SY Syria and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Swedish

Elham är ett arabiskt namn som innehåller ett ord med betydelsen ’inspiration’. Namnet används även som mansnamn.

Sources 2

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elhâm counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Elhâm is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AF Afghanistan#796≈27,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Elham17
EG Egypt#478≈21,000 est.≈1 in 5K—Elham77
SA Saudi Arabia#720≈5,300 est.≈1 in 6.5K—Elham74
SY Syria#450≈5,100 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Elham18
JO Jordan#693≈4,300 est.≈1 in 2.5K—Elham34
US United States—2,5791 in 129K2.4KElham242

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Elhâm under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Elhâm a male or female name?
Elhâm is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Elhâm have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 27 thousand people named Elhâm in Afghanistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elham.
How common is the name Elhâm?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,579 people named Elhâm in 2020, about 1 in 129 thousand residents.
How common is Elhâm compared with other names?
In Afghanistan, Elhâm is the 796th most common given name of 21,469 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elhâm” — the 796th most common given name in Afghanistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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