Jêm
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jêm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From a medieval vernacular form of oJames. In modern use, however, it is often used as a short form of }Jeremy.
- GYGuyana1 in 42K(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 508K
- USUnited States1 in 622K
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)
- Sources
- 67 (measured from records)
- 1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
535 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Guyana
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jem 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)
From a medieval vernacular form of oJames. In modern use, however, it is often used as a short form of }Jeremy.
Sources 2
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jêm 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 535 | 1 in 622K | 285 | Jem | 17 |
| NL Netherlands | 34 | 1 in 508K | 34 | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 18 | 1 in 42K | 18 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 15 | 1 in 680K | 15 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 3 | 1 in 2M | 3 | — | — |
535 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; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Jêm mean, and where does it come from?
- From a medieval vernacular form of oJames. In modern use, however, it is often used as a short form of }Jeremy. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- Is Jêm a male or female name?
- Jêm is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Jêm have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 535 people named Jêm, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jem.
- Where is Jêm most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jêm is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 42 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Jêm?
- In the United States, the national register counted 535 people named Jêm in 2020, about 1 in 622 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, “Jêm”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.