Hamì

surname · Latin script

Hamì is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish حامی (hami), from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin, “protector”).

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 534K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 1.1M
  • NLNetherlands1 in 1.3M

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.

United States (measured from records)

135 people, 2020

Sources
153 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 534K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hami in US United States, DZ Algeria.

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)

Derivation of Hamì: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Hamì
  1. Ottoman Turkishحامیhami(measured from records)
  2. Arabicحَامٍḥāmin“protector”(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish حامی (hami), from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin, “protector”).

Sources 4

  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hamì 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.

Where Hamì is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1351 in 2.5M303Hami13
NL Netherlands131 in 1.3M13—2
DK Denmark111 in 534K34——
DZ Algeria≈7 est.≈1 in 6.5MlistedHami7
FI Finland51 in 1.1M35——

135 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hamì is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, United States, Spain, Türkiye

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Kumul, Hami, Kumül, Kúmúl, Hàmi

  • Turkish given name29 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States, Germany, Algeria

    Languages: Turkish, English, Arabic

    Also written Hami, Haemi, Ha-Mi, Ham'I, Hâmi

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Hamì under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hamì mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish حامی (hami), from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin, “protector”). Recorded by TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary) and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Hamì have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 135 people named Hamì, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hami.
Where is Hamì most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hamì is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 534 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Hamì?
In the United States, the national register counted 135 people named Hamì in 2020, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.

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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, “Hamì”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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