Nom
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Clipping of nomination
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries
/nõʊ̯̃/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Nom is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Côte d’Ivoire than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 82K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 160Kfew records
- PLPoland≈1 in 1.3M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Côte d’Ivoire (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 144 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,200 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Côte d’Ivoire, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Clipping of nomination.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Nom 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | Nom | 4 |
| FR France | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 82K | Nom | 144 |
| CA Canada | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 159K | Nom | 5 |
| MA Morocco | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 316K | Nom | 6 |
| CM Cameroon | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 286K | Nom | 5 |
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.
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)Nom 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 Khmer, to nurse, to su ck on the mother’ s breast; to s u c k le , {a.w,: [Q^ (See; UH, HH, f/l .) a. quickly, to dart off (as a small animal scurrying away when frightened); taking effect quickly (of hot s p ic e s ) . QJSniClJ to scram ble away quickly, to depart quickly
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In Spanish, initialism of Norma Oficial Mexicana (Official Mexican Standard), each of a series of official, compulsory standards and regulations for diverse activities in Mexico
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, pronunciation spelling of não, representing Alto Alentejan, Minhoto, Portuense and Transmontano Portuguese
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, first/third-person preterite of niman
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)Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Nom mean, and where does it come from?
- Clipping of nomination. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Nom?
- It depends on the language: in French /nõʊ̯̃/ (Wiktionary); in Turkish /nom/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Nom have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.2 thousand people named Nom in Côte d’Ivoire, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nom.
- How common is the name Nom?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1,200 people in Côte d’Ivoire have Nom as their first surname, about 1 in 26 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nomThe 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, “Nom”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.