Nhâm

given name · Latin script

Meaning: the ninth heavenly stem

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

Nhâm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.7M(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 19M

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)

201 people, 2020

Sources
35 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.7M (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nham in US United States, MY Malaysia, GB United Kingdom and 1 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)

the ninth heavenly stem

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nhâm 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 Nhâm is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2011 in 1.7M629Nham35
PL Poland21 in 19M4——
MY Malaysia———Nham3
GB United Kingdom——11Nham7
CA Canada———Nham10

201 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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nhâm is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Nham, Nhầm, Nhám

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Nhãm, Nham

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Nhấm, Nhầm, Nham

  • Greek given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece

    Also written Nham

  • Hindi name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Nham

  • Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, El Salvador, Brazil, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Nham, Nhãm, Nhậm, Nhàm

13 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Ren Bishi, b. 1904Yam Kim-fai, b. 1913任新民, b. 1915Ren Jianxin, b. 1925Ren Zhengfei, b. 1944Simon Yam, b. 1955Vivian Wing-Wah Yam, b. 1963Richie Ren, b. 1966Tong Hua, b. 1980Selina Jen, b. 1981
  • Ren Bishib. 1904CNnot in their usual nameSecretary of the Chinese Communist Party (1904-1950)
  • Yam Kim-faib. 1913HKnot in their usual nameHong Kong actress, Cantonese opera performer (1913-1989)
  • 任新民b. 1915CNnot in their usual nameChinese scientist
  • Ren Jianxinb. 1925CNnot in their usual nameChinese judge and politician
  • Ren Zhengfeib. 1944CNnot in their usual nameChinese businessman
  • Simon Yamb. 1955CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong actor
  • Vivian Wing-Wah Yamb. 1963CNnot in their usual nameHong Kong chemist
  • Richie Renb. 1966TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese actor-singer
  • Tong Huab. 1980CNnot in their usual nameChinese writer, novelist, and film & television planner
  • Selina Jenb. 1981TWnot in their usual nameTaiwanese singer, actress and television host

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nhâm mean, and where does it come from?
the ninth heavenly stem Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Nhâm a male or female name?
Nhâm 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 Nhâm have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 201 people named Nhâm, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nham.
Where is Nhâm most common?
Nhâm is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Nhâm?
In the United States, the national register counted 201 people named Nhâm in 2020, about 1 in 1.7 million 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, “Nhâm”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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