Shoham
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Shoham is a Hebrew name of biblical origin meaning 'onyx' or 'gemstone'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃɒəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shoham is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael1 in 8.6Kas שוהם(measured from records)
- PLPoland1 in 815K
- USUnited States1 in 1.8M
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 Shoham 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.
- Israel (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 85 (measured from records)
- 1 in 815K (inferred from the name graph)
1,004 named שוהם, 2017
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled שוהם in IL Israel.
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)
Shoham is a Hebrew name of biblical origin meaning 'onyx' or 'gemstone'. It appears in the Old Testament as the name of a Levite. In modern times, it is used as a given name in Israel for both boys and girls, valued for its connection to Jewish heritage and its elegant sound.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Shoham 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | 1,004as שוהם | 1 in 8.6K | 1K | שוהם | 82 |
| US United States | 189 | 1 in 1.8M | 203 | Shoham | 85 |
| RO Romania | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 153K | — | Shoham | 3 |
| PL Poland | 47 | 1 in 815K | 26 | — | 2 |
| IN India | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 36M | — | Shoham | 7 |
| LV Latvia | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Shoham | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Shoham | 7 |
1,004 people counted by CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"), 2017. 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: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Shoham 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.
The name Shoham (שֹׁהַם) is the same as the Hebrew word for the onyx stone, a type of gemstone. It signifies 'onyx' or more generally, 'jewel' or 'gemstone', carrying connotations of preciousness, beauty, and value.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The inclusion of Shoham in the Levitical genealogies underscores the biblical emphasis on the preservation of lineage and the structured, God-ordained nature of temple worship. While Shoham has no individual theological significance, his name's connection to the onyx stone—used in the High Priest's ephod—evokes themes of beauty, value, and the remembrance of God's people in holy service.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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)
- Amichai Shohamb. 1922ILIsraeli footballer
- Shlomo Giora Shohamb. 1929ILIsraeli criminologist
- Snunith Shohamb. 1947ILIsraeli professor of information science
- Moshe Shohamb. 1952ILIsraeli robotics professor
- Yoav Shohamb. 1956ILIsraeli-American computer scientist
- Noam Shohamb. 1970ILassociation football player
- Amir ShohamILIsraeli university teacher
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 203 | #96,193 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 189 | #96,368 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 147 | #111,119 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 26 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 26 | #77,198 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 21 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 21 | #87,965 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- 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 Shoham mean?
- Recorded meaning: Shoham is a Hebrew name of biblical origin meaning 'onyx' or 'gemstone'.
- Where does the name Shoham come from?
- Shoham is a Hebrew name of biblical origin meaning 'onyx' or 'gemstone'. It appears in the Old Testament as the name of a Levite. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Shoham?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɒəm/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- In which country does Shoham have the most bearers?
- In Israel, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named שוהם, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Shoham most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Shoham is densest in Poland — about 1 in 815 thousand people — even though Israel holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Shoham?
- In the United States, the national register counted 189 people named Shoham in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shohamThe 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, “Shoham”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.