Hichem
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A transliteration of the Arabic male given name هشام (kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations))
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 20 countries · latest register: INSEE, 2023
/i.ʃɛm/(recorded in a dictionary) French · from Wiktionary
Hichem is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country.
- TNTunisia≈1 in 500few records(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 660few records
- FRFrance≈1 in 14K
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.
- Algeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 249 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 500 (inferred from the name graph)
≈72,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
How to pronounce Hichem
- French:/i.ʃɛm/(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A transliteration of the Arabic male given name هشام
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Hichem 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ Algeria | #671 | ≈72,000 est. | ≈1 in 655 | 1 | Hichem | 29 |
| TN Tunisia | #453 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 500 | — | Hichem | 30 |
| FR France | — | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 2.6K | Hichem | 249 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Hichem | 22 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 177K | 1 | Hichem | 6 |
| ES Spain | — | 253 | 1 in 198K | 253 | Hichem | 19 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 87K | — | Hichem | 14 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); A selection of Algerian baby names that reflect the richness of Algeria's culture and history.; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); 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).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Hichem Rostomb. 1947TNTunisian actor (1947–2022)
- Hichem Yacoubib. 1962TNTunisian actor
- Hichem Mechichib. 1974TNTunisian politician
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)29 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 20 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Hichem mean, and where does it come from?
- A transliteration of the Arabic male given name هشام Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Hichem?
- In French /i.ʃɛm/ (Wiktionary).
- Is Hichem a male or female name?
- Hichem is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: France (INSEE, 2023) and Spain (INE).
- Which countries have the most people named Hichem?
- Mondonomo estimates about 72 thousand people named Hichem in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hichem. After it come Tunisia, France, Belgium and Italy; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Hichem?
- In Spain, the national register counted 253 people named Hichem, about 1 in 198 thousand residents.
- How common is Hichem compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Hichem is the 671st most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hichem?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hichemThe 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, “Hichem” — ranked 16th in Algeria (A selection of Algerian baby names that reflect the richness of Algeria's culture and history.). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.