Palm

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Pam in GB United Kingdom, ES Spain, DK Denmark and 14 more, Ful in IN India, ปารมี in TH Thailand and ফুল in BD Bangladesh.

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 16 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◐

Palm is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Thai surname903 records spelled Palm13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States

  Also written Phalom, พาล์ม, พาลิ้ม, พาลืม, พาลมี่

62 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●

Palm 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 English, Palm Tree; also the store, or palm-bearing pilgrim

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• In English, Any of various evergreen trees from the family Palmae or Arecaceae, which are mainly found in the tropics.

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

• In Romanian, , fam., act. < subst. paltin; prob. Palttnea, M. (Vr C 152) ; Paltinescu, St (TC IV). Cu subst. de terminatie Palle mold. (Sd XXI) ; Pelte (Ard) ; Palta, Mihai (Cat Bras 114).

  as a name·Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

• In Dutch, any palm, (tropical tree of the family Palmae)

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

• In Swedish, palm (tropical tree)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Etta Palmb. 1743NLDutch feminist and spy
• Johann Philipp Palmb. 1768DEexecuted German bookseller (1766-1806)
• August Palmb. 1849SESwedish politician (1849-1922)
• Erwin Walter Palmb. 1910DEGerman historian (1910–1988)
• Siegfried Palmb. 1927DEGerman cellist (1927–2005)
• Torsten Palmb. 1947SESwedish racing driver
• Katharina Palmb. 1963DEGerman writer and actor
• Michael Palmb. 1965ATAustrian filmmaker
• Andrea Palmb. 1973USUnited States government official
• Cortney Palmb. 1987USAmerican actress and author (born 1987)

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 · 65 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Palm?

We estimate roughly 90 thousand people bear Palm (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Palm have the most bearers?

Palm is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled ful.

How common is Palm compared with other names?

In India, Palm is the 398th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

What does the name Palm mean?

Recorded meaning: Plant name (Bot:), as house sign, North Baden 1809, Middle Rhine.