Gotam
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ¢ Sanskrit: ‘the best ox’, name of an ancient Hindu sage
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡɒtəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gotam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 8.1Kas Goutam(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 145Kas Gautam
- KWKuwait≈1 in 20K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gotam itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 274 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)
≈20,000 named Goutam, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kuwait, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Goutam in US United States, BD Bangladesh, KW Kuwait and 4 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)
¢ Sanskrit: ‘the best ox’, name of an ancient Hindu sage. In Indian literature cattle are a symbol of wealth. The name was borne by the chief disciple of Mahavira, hence is popular among Jains.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gotam 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #576 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Goutam | 46 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 76K | — | Goutam | 19 |
| US United States | — | 2,298as Gautam | 1 in 145K | 3.8K | Goutam | 274 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Goutam | 19 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈940 est. | ≈1 in 248K | — | Gotam | 11 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Goutam | 46 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | Goutam | 6 |
| BH Bahrain | — | ≈83 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Goutam | 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. 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)
Gotam 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 German, männl. Vom. indischer Herkunft (sanskrit. go »Ochse« + Steigerungsendung ■tama, etwa: »der beste/der kräftigste Ochse«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In duo, generic name for ocean fish (word unknown to inland dialect speakers)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
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)
No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Gotam come from?
- ¢ Sanskrit: ‘the best ox’, name of an ancient Hindu sage. In Indian literature cattle are a symbol of wealth. The name was borne by the chief disciple of Mahavira, hence is popular among Jains. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Gotam?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡɒtəm/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Gotam mean?
- Recorded meaning: ¢ Sanskrit: ‘the best ox’, name of an ancient Hindu sage.
- Is Gotam a male or female name?
- Gotam 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.
- In which country does Gotam have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 20 thousand people named Goutam in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Gotam?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,298 people named Gautam in 2020, about 1 in 145 thousand residents.
- How common is Gotam compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Gotam is the 576th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Gotam?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gotamThe 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, “Gotam” — the 576th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.