Rem
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature; bearers 23
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɹɛm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rem is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 749K(measured from records)
- SYSyria≈1 in 18K
- PGPapua New Guinea≈1 in 32K
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.
- Syria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,100 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature; bearers 23.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rem 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY Syria | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Rem | 6 |
| PH Philippines | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 159K | — | Rem | 51 |
| US United States | 444 | 1 in 749K | 623 | Rem | 161 |
| PG Papua New Guinea | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 32K | 5 | — | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 199K | — | Rem | 11 |
| SI Slovenia | 13 | 1 in 162K | 13 | — | 1 |
| EE Estonia | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 101K | 16 | — | 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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); SURS — resident population given names; PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Rem is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Initialism of rapid eye movement.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, rapid eye movement
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In sit-pro, construct, fit together
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In sit-pro, together, in unison
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In sit-pro, sharp
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rem Blumb. 1925EEEstonian philosopher of Jewish origin (1925-1989)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 48 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 236 | #22,430 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 208 | #22,430 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 16 | #1,690 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 13 | #2,268 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 13 | #4,597 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2024 | 11 | #2,434 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2023 | 11 | #2,386 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 5 | — |
| PG Papua New Guinea | PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022) | — | 1 | #97 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rem mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname from a dwelling/landscape feature; bearers 23. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Rem?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɛm/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Rem a male or female name?
- Rem 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.
- What are other forms of the name Rem?
- In the etymology graph, R.E.M. is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Rem have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.1 thousand people named Rem in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rem.
- How common is the name Rem?
- In the United States, the national register counted 444 people named Rem in 2020, about 1 in 749 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/remThe 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, “Rem”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.