Najam

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Estrella

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/nəʒæm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Najam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 7.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • IDIndonesia≈1 in 281K
  • NONorway≈1 in 327K

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈30,000 people, est.

Sources
88 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Pakistan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Estrella

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Najam 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 Najam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan#542≈30,000 est.≈1 in 7.9KlistedNajam88
CN China—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Najam5
ID Indonesia—≈950 est.≈1 in 281K—Najam28
US United States—2311 in 1.4M302Najam72
GB United Kingdom—≈140 est.≈1 in 470K78Najam32
CA Canada—≈78 est.≈1 in 482K—Najam18
NO Norway—≈17 est.≈1 in 327K26—5

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; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, 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).

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

Najam is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Pakistan

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ńájám

  • Bangla given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan, India, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Nâjâm

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, India, Pakistan

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ñäjâm

44 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)

Najam is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In map-pro, accustomed to, familiar with; tame

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Serbo-Croatian, rent, lease (price and act of)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Malay, star

    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)

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)

Informalनमस्ते Najam जी,Hi Najam, (English)

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 26 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Najam
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020302#69,958
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010202#91,221
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000136#118,236
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200278#38,693
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—10#57,692
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Najam mean, and where does it come from?
Estrella Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
How do you pronounce Najam?
A machine transcription gives /nəʒæm/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Najam a male or female name?
Najam is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Najam have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 30 thousand people named Najam in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled najam.
How common is the name Najam?
In the United States, the national register counted 231 people named Najam in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
How common is Najam compared with other names?
In Pakistan, Najam is the 542nd most common given name of 77,659 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, “Najam” — the 542nd most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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