Siem
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Siem is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Cambodia. Recorded meaning: ) Siemen: männl. Vom., nieder deutsch-friesische Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Sieg-« gebildet sind.
- KHCambodia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cambodia (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 25 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
) Siemen: männl. Vom., nieder deutsch-friesische Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Sieg-« gebildet sind. Die Namensform
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Siem counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KH Cambodia | — | — | Siem | 14 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 4.9K | — | 7 |
| US United States | — | 400 | — | 25 |
| NO Norway | — | 378 | — | 1 |
| SE Sweden | — | 184 | — | — |
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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Siem is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Initialism of security information and event management.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, first-person singular present active subjunctive of sum
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, inflection of ser:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, dative of sier
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)
- Kåre Siemb. 1914NONorwegian writer and musician
- Martin Siemb. 1915NONorwegian businessman
- Siem Plooijerb. 1923NLDutch association football manager
- Siem Vroomb. 1931NLDutch actor (1931–1985)
- Wiebke Siemb. 1954DEGerman professor and artist (born 1954)
- Kjetil Siemb. 1960NONorwegian sports official
- Raul Siemb. 1973EEEstonian politician (born 1973)
- Marcel Siemb. 1980DEprofessional golfer
- Sasha Siemb. 1984GBBritish singer-songwriter
- Siem de Jongb. 1989NLDutch association football player
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 39 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 400 | #55,400 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 385 | #50,903 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 378 | #54,530 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 378 | #3,895 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 122 | #16,211 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 7 | #47,676 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Siem mean?
- Recorded meaning: ) Siemen: männl. Vom., nieder deutsch-friesische Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Sieg-« gebildet sind.
- In which country does Siem have the most bearers?
- Siem is most frequently recorded in Cambodia, where it is most often spelled siem.
What do you want to know about Siem?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/siemThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Siem”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.