Nijam

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

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

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 3.3Kas Nizam(inferred from the name graph)
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 5.1Kas Nizam
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 13Kas Nizam

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 Nijam itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)

≈50,000 named Nizam, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
105 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.2M (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

NijamLatin(measured from records)
নিজামBengali(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Nizam in PK Pakistan, BD Bangladesh, MY Malaysia and 2 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

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nijam 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 Nijam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BD Bangladesh#309≈50,000 est.≈1 in 3.3K—Nizam82
PK Pakistan#294≈18,000 est.≈1 in 13KlistedNizam57
ID Indonesia—≈10,000 est.≈1 in 25K—Nijam27
MY Malaysia—≈6,400 est.≈1 in 5.1K—Nizam60
TR Türkiye—≈3,300 est.≈1 in 25K—Nizam12
KW Kuwait—≈420 est.≈1 in 7.1K—Nijam7
US United States—379as Nizam1 in 878K413Nizam69
BH Bahrain#703≈330 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Nijam2
GY Guyana—126as Nizam1 in 6K126——
PH Philippines—≈89 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Nijam6

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; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Nijam is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nijāṃ

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Philippines, Mexico, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ñíjäm

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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Nijam जी,Hi Nijam, (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)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Nijam under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Nijam?
A machine transcription gives /ɲiʒæm/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Nijam a male or female name?
Nijam 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.
In which country does Nijam have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 50 thousand people named Nizam in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Nijam?
In the United States, the national register counted 379 people named Nizam in 2020, about 1 in 878 thousand residents.
How common is Nijam compared with other names?
In Bangladesh, Nijam is the 309th most common given name of 29,323 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, “Nijam” — the 309th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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