Seelam
loc · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Seelam is a name, most frequently recorded in India. In Oman it is the 2nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi, written in the Latin script.
- OMOman1 in 73◐
- PKPakistan1 in 145
- AEUnited Arab Emirates1 in 861
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈21K ●
- 5 ●
- Sources
- 276 ●
- 1 in 2.4K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
962K records
Official registry-verified
Albania
Spellings & scripts●
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Salim in IN India, BD Bangladesh, OM Oman and 11 more and Saleem in PK Pakistan, US United States, GB United Kingdom and 9 more.
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
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #375 | 1,160,723 | 687K rec. | — | 11K | Salim | 147 |
| PK Pakistan | — | 346,626 | 11K rec. | — | listed | Saleem | 127 |
| BD Bangladesh | #180 | 169,962 | 12K rec. | — | listed | Salim | 88 |
| OM Oman | #2 | 14,392 | 18K rec. | — | — | Salim | 107 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 14,074 | 11K rec. | — | 3 | Saleem | 119 |
| KE Kenya | #305 | 11,675 | 6.8K rec. | — | listed | Salim | 61 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #178 | 10,680 | 5.1K rec. | — | — | Salim | 108 |
| FR France | — | 10,580 | 0 rec. | 1 in 6.4K | 11K | — | 4 |
| DZ Algeria | #79 | 9,359 | 11K rec. | — | listed | Salim | 77 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 8,524 | 12K rec. | — | 1 | Salim | 43 |
| SY Syria | #636 | 7,765 | 14K rec. | — | — | Salim | 27 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 7,753 | 12K rec. | — | — | Salim | 50 |
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Languages●
- Hindi18K21%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 17,899 | 21% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
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 2026-09-12 data build · 17 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Seelam?
- We estimate roughly 21 thousand people bear Seelam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Seelam have the most bearers?
- Seelam is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled salim.
- How common is Seelam compared with other names?
- In India, Seelam is the 375th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
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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.
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, “Seelam” — the 375th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.