Brahim
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Arabic form of Ibrahim, from Hebrew Abraham, 'father of multitudes'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bʁaim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Brahim is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common given name.
- MAMorocco≈1 in 290(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 568
- TNTunisia≈1 in 1.5K
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.
- Morocco (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 290 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Morocco, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Brahimi in XK Kosovo.
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)
Arabic form of Ibrahim, from Hebrew Abraham, 'father of multitudes'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Brahim 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Morocco | #19 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 290 | — | Brahim | 129 |
| DZ Algeria | #21 | ≈76,000 est. | ≈1 in 568 | listed | Brahim | 77 |
| FR France | #480 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | 9.1K | Brahim | 308 |
| TN Tunisia | #95 | ≈8,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Brahim | 69 |
| ES Spain | #926 | 7,858 | 1 in 6.4K | 7.9K | Brahim | 68 |
| XK Kosovo | #151 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 460 | 3.1K | Brahimi | 7 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). 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)
Brahim is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Diminutif d’Ibrahim, forme arabe d’Abraham; origine hébraïque, « père des nations ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Forme courte d'Abraham; hébreu « père d'une multitude ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
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)
- Brahim Dhahakb. 1931TNTunisian painter (1931-2004)
- Brahim Hadjadjb. 1934DZAlgerian actor (1934-1996)
- Brahim Ghalib. 1949EHSahrawi diplomat and politician
- Brahim Chiouab. 1955FRFrench film producer
- Brahim Boutayebb. 1967MAMoroccan long-distance runner
- Brahim Hemdanib. 1978FRFrench-Argerian footballer
- Brahim Asloumb. 1979FRboxer
- Brahim Achabbakheb. 1984FRFrench actor
- Brahim Zaibatb. 1986FRFrench choreographer
- Brahim Abdelkader Díazb. 1999ESMoroccan association football player
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 73 sources across 42 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 9.1K | #800 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7.9K | #643 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 6.4K | #346 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 3.1K | #193 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2025 | 2 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 2 | #193 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Brahim mean, and where does it come from?
- Arabic form of Ibrahim, from Hebrew Abraham, 'father of multitudes'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- How do you pronounce Brahim?
- A machine transcription gives /bʁaim/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Brahim a male or female name?
- Brahim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Brahim?
- In the etymology graph, Ibrahim, Abraham and Ibrahima are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Brahim have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 123 thousand people named Brahim in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled brahim.
- How common is the name Brahim?
- In Spain, the national register counted 7,858 people named Brahim, about 1 in 6.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Brahim compared with other names?
- In Morocco, Brahim is the 19th most common given name of 41,711 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Brahim?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/brahimThe 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, “Brahim” — the 19th most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.