Nom
surname · French · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nom is a surname, most frequently recorded in France. It appears chiefly in French and Turkish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Clipping of nomination.
- FRFrance1 in 123K◐
- CACanada1 in 200K
- BEBelgium1 in 1.4M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 5.4K ●
- Sources
- 134 ●
in 5 countries
4.3K records
Official registry-verified
Meaning & origin●
Clipping of nomination.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | 2,830 | 3.8K rec. | — | — | Nom | 134 |
| CA Canada | 375 | 377 rec. | — | — | Nom | 5 |
| BE Belgium | 29 | 32 rec. | — | — | Nom | 6 |
| US United States | 10 | 21 rec. | — | 93 | Nom | 9 |
| MA Morocco | 8 | 6 rec. | — | — | Nom | 6 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | 5 | 23 rec. | — | — | Nom | 4 |
| FI Finland | — | — | — | 10 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 0 rec. | — | 7 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| PG Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| IS Iceland | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | — | — | listed | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French3.3K48%
- Turkish1.3K19%
- English81612%
- Khmer1883%
- Thai1562%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 3,268 | 48% |
| Turkish | 1,279 | 19% |
| English | 816 | 12% |
| Khmer | 188 | 3% |
| Thai | 156 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Nom 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.
In Khmer, to nurse, to su ck on the mother’ s breast; to s u c k le , {a.w,: [Q^ (See; UH, HH, f/l .) a. quickly, to dart off (as a small animal scurrying away when frightened); taking effect quickly (of hot s p ic e s ) . QJSniClJ to scram ble away quickly, to depart quickly
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)
In Spanish, initialism of Norma Oficial Mexicana (Official Mexican Standard), each of a series of official, compulsory standards and regulations for diverse activities in Mexico
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Portuguese, pronunciation spelling of não, representing Alto Alentejan, Minhoto, Portuense and Transmontano Portuguese
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Catalan, name (word that indicates a particular person, place, or thing)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, first/third-person preterite of niman
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.
Evidence●
Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 14 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Nom?
- Our records include 5,388 bearers of Nom across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Nom have the most bearers?
- Nom is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled nom.
- What does the name Nom mean?
- Recorded meaning: Clipping of nomination.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nom”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.