Hẽm

loc · Latin script

Hẽm is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia).

rarermore common
  • GYGuyana1 in 125K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 419K
  • USUnited States1 in 537K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

619 people, 2020

Sources
24 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 125K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hem in US United States.

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)

A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia)

Sources 2

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hẽm 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 Hẽm is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States6191 in 537K1.1KHem16
PL Poland271 in 1.4M25——
DK Denmark141 in 419K123—1
NL Netherlands101 in 1.7M10—3
SE Sweden71 in 1.5M7—1
GY Guyana61 in 125K6——
LV Latvia21 in 941K2——

619 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). 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 Hẽm 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

What does the name Hẽm mean, and where does it come from?
A sound uttered in imitation of clearing the throat (onomatopoeia) Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary.
In which country does Hẽm have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 619 people named Hẽm, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hem.
Where is Hẽm most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hẽm is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 125 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hẽm?
In the United States, the national register counted 619 people named Hẽm in 2020, about 1 in 537 thousand residents.

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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, “Hẽm”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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