Îsam
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Îsam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Arabic عِصَام (ʕiṣām, “security, pledge”).
- SYSyria≈1 in 7.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 454K
- SDSudan≈1 in 4.3K
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.
- Sudan (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 164 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sudan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Isam in US United States, SY Syria, MA Morocco and 3 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)
Arabic عِصَام (ʕiṣām, “security, pledge”)
Sources 3
- Wiktionary
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Nordic Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Îsam 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD Sudan | #375 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | — | Isam | 36 |
| SY Syria | #925 | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | — | Isam | 15 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Isam | 35 |
| JO Jordan | #862 | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.5K | — | Isam | 56 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 240K | — | Isam | 47 |
| US United States | — | 733 | 1 in 454K | 727 | Isam | 164 |
| SE Sweden | — | 442 | 1 in 23K | 442 | — | 21 |
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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Îsam mean, and where does it come from?
- Arabic عِصَام (ʕiṣām, “security, pledge”) Recorded by Wiktionary and A Dictionary of Muslim Names and 1 other source.
- Is Îsam a male or female name?
- Îsam 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 Îsam have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Îsam in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled isam.
- How common is the name Îsam?
- In the United States, the national register counted 733 people named Îsam in 2020, about 1 in 454 thousand residents.
- How common is Îsam compared with other names?
- In the Sudan, Îsam is the 375th most common given name of 4,989 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/%C3%AEsamThe 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, “Îsam” — the 375th most common given name in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.