Jëm
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Jëm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines 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.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 45K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 82K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 119K
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.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 221 (measured from records)
- 1 in 42K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
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, PH Philippines, GB United Kingdom 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)
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)
Jëm 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 45K | — | Jem | 80 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 119K | 3 | Jem | 144 |
| US United States | 535 | 1 in 622K | 285 | Jem | 221 |
| AU Australia | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 82K | 1 | Jem | 99 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 781K | — | Jem | 14 |
| SG Singapore | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | Jem | 18 |
| GY Guyana | 18 | 1 in 42K | 18 | — | 2 |
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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 Jëm 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 Jëm a male or female name?
- Jëm 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 Jëm have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Jëm in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jem.
- Where is Jëm most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jëm is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 42 thousand people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Jëm?
- In the United States, the national register counted 535 people named Jëm in 2020, about 1 in 622 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/j%C3%ABmThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jëm”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.