Isâm

given name · Latin script

Isâm 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)
  • SESweden1 in 23K
  • DKDenmark1 in 37K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Isâm itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sudan (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
164 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
IsâmLatin(measured from records)
ИсамCyrillic(measured from records)
อีซามThai(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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”)

Cited for this meaning 3

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Isâm 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 Isâm is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SD Sudan#375≈11,000 est.≈1 in 4.3K—Isam36
SY Syria#925≈2,600 est.≈1 in 7.4K—Isam15
MA Morocco—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 15K—Isam35
JO Jordan#862≈2,000 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Isam56
ID Indonesia—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 240K—Isam47
US United States—7331 in 454K727Isam164
SE Sweden—4421 in 23K442—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

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Isâm 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 Isâm 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.
In which country does Isâm have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Isâm in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled isam.
How common is the name Isâm?
In the United States, the national register counted 733 people named Isâm in 2020, about 1 in 454 thousand residents.
How common is Isâm compared with other names?
In the Sudan, Isâm is the 375th most common given name of 4,989 given names recorded there.

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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, “Isâm” — the 375th most common given name in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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