Som
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Som is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Torino.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 211K
- NPNepal≈1 in 975
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.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 200 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 975 (inferred from the name graph)
≈31,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
Torino
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Som 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | — | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 975 | — | Som | 43 |
| US United States | — | 1,575 | 1 in 211K | 2.1K | Som | 200 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Som | 29 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Som | 15 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈830 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Som | 17 |
| QA Qatar | #465 | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | — | Som | 9 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Som | 20 |
| BH Bahrain | #799 | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Som | 4 |
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)
Som 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 trk-pro, 1 number; honour 2 shape, silhouette
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In ine-pro, prep./adv.: together
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In Russian, "sheat fish."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In Portuguese, sound
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese
In gdd, mollusks that cling to the belly of ships and boats (Mytilidae, Balanidae, Teredo)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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)
- Wang Senb. 1653not in their usual nameQing dynasty person CBDB = 79221
- Ji Senb. 1714not in their usual nameperson, CBDB ID = 384710
- Meng Senb. 1868TWnot in their usual nameRepublic of China person CBDB = 83989
- Peng Senb. 1951not in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 131327
- Zhang Senb. 1980CNnot in their usual nameChinese Go player
- Hou Senb. 1989CNnot in their usual nameChinese footballer
- Yang Hansenb. 2005CNnot in their usual nameChinese basketball player (born 2005)
- Zhu Sennot in their usual nameSong dynasty person (CBDB = 11902)
- Huo Sennot in their usual nameMing dynasty person CBDB = 304339
- Li Sennot in their usual namepolitician
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)
Attested in 40 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #8,999 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 396 | #8,999 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1981 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 5 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
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 Som mean, and where does it come from?
- Torino Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- Is Som a male or female name?
- Som 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 Som have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 31 thousand people named Som in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled som.
- How common is the name Som?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,575 people named Som in 2020, about 1 in 211 thousand residents.
- How common is Som compared with other names?
- In Qatar, Som is the 465th most common given name of 12,797 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/somThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Som” — the 465th most common given name in Qatar. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.