Hayam

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Hayam is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Morocco

  Also written Hayâm, Hâyâm, H̱ayām

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Guatemala

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hayām, Häyäm

• Hebrew given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Morocco, Poland

  Languages: Hebrew, Polish, Vietnamese

  Also written Haim, הים, חים, Heam, Ḥaim

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written H̱ayām, Hayām

• Swahili given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Iraq

  Also written Häýäm

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Hayam is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Sundanese, kind of plant, also called , which spread rapidly

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Malay, obsolete form of ayam

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In poz-mly-pro, domesticated animal

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Sundanese, chicken, hen

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Sundanese, chicken

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In pyu, bird

  as a word·Austronesian 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)

• Hayam Wurukb. 1334IDJavanese King

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)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Hayam?

A machine transcription gives /haiəm/ (IPA) for Arabic.

Is Hayam a male or female name?

Hayam is a female 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 Hayam have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 204 people named Hayam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hayam.

Where is Hayam most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hayam is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 292 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Hayam?

In the United States, the national register counted 204 people named Hayam in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.