Islam

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ისლამ in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Islam is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname579K records spelled Islam3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Islām, Islâm

• Russian given name139K records spelled Islam189 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh

  Also written Ислам, Ислом, Islom, Іслам, Işlam

• Thai surname62K records spelled Islam49 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, India, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written อิสลาม, Aslam, อัสลัม, Isalam, อัสลาม

• Spanish surname57K records spelled Islam29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, India, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Islàm, Islâm, Îsläm, Ïśläm, Îslâm

• Indonesian surname32K records spelled Islam4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Işlam, Islam'

• Swahili surname8.3K records spelled Islam7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Malaysia, South Africa

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Işlam, Ìslãm

53 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●

Islam is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• from a personal name based on Arabic isldm ‘peace’, the name of the religion of Muslims. Isldm is mentioned in several places in the Qur’an, for example at 3:19 ‘Religion with Allah is Islam (peace)’ and 5:3 ‘I have chosen for you Islam (peace) as religion’. This name is often found in combinations, e.g. Nur-ulIslam ‘light of Islam’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A monotheistic Abrahamic religion followed by Muslims that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and the Qur'an.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, religion

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Arabic, submission; Islam

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, Islam, safe

  as a name·African Muslim 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.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 145 years between 1875–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Kazi Nazrul Islamb. 1899INNational poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)
• Samira Islamb. 1901SASaudi pharmacologist
• Ayşenur İslamb. 1958TRTurkish statesperson (born 1958)
• Atiqul Islamb. 1961BDformer Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation
• Saiful Islamb. 1963GBBritish chemist
• Afrika Islamb. 1967USAmerican musician
• Mohd Mamunul Islamb. 1988BDBangladeshi footballer
• Mitchell Islamb. 1990CACanadian ice dancer
• Shariful Islamb. 2001BDBangladeshi cricketer
• Sharif Islamactor

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 680 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Islam?

We estimate roughly 57 thousand people bear Islam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Islam have the most bearers?

Islam is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled islam.

How common is Islam compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Islam is the 2nd most common surname of 11,292 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Islam mean?

Recorded meaning: From a Muslim personal name derived from Arabic islam, ‘peace’.