Harum
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Indonesian: fragrant
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɑɹəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Harum is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 55K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 360K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 398K
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 92 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 55K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Indonesia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Harum is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "high," "exalted," or "elevated."
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Harum is read(measured from records)
Harum is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English42%
Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Indonesian32%
fragrant
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish7.8%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Harum in Spanish.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Harum 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 55K | listed | Harum | 92 |
| US United States | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | listed | Harum | 9 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈91 est. | ≈1 in 360K | — | Harum | 16 |
| SG Singapore | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 398K | — | Harum | 5 |
| IT Italy | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 3.9M | 1 | — | 1 |
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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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)
Harum is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Harum is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "high," "exalted," or "elevated."
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The inclusion of Harum in the biblical genealogy reflects the theological importance of lineage and heritage in ancient Israel, underscoring God's covenant faithfulness through successive generations. Each name, however obscure, is considered a link in the historical chain leading to the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Latin, genitive feminine plural of hic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, dative plural of hara
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gisela Harumb. 1903ATAustrian chess player
- Brigitte Harumb. 1933DEtranslator and writer from Germany
- Eivind Harumb. 1944NONorwegian-American actor, dancer and choreographer
- Mary Hartb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican journalist and television personality
- JaimeLynn Harumactress
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).
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)
Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname 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
- Where does the name Harum come from?
- The name Harum is derived from a Hebrew root meaning "high," "exalted," or "elevated." Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Harum?
- A machine transcription gives /hɑɹəm/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Harum a male or female name?
- Harum 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.
- What does the name Harum mean?
- In Indonesian, fragrant
- In which country does Harum have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.9 thousand people named Harum in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled harum.
- How common is the name Harum?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4,900 people in Indonesia have Harum as their first given name, about 1 in 55 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Harum?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/harumThe 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, “Harum”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.