Syam
given name · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Syam is a given name, most frequently recorded in India, where it is the 94th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and , written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Acronym of synthetic antibody mimic.
- INIndia1 in 1.1K◐
- USUnited States1 in 3K
- MYMalaysia1 in 11K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈133K ●
- #855 ●
- 3 ●
- Sources
- 262 ●
- 1 in 905 ◐
across 11 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
1.2M records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Shyam in IN India, US United States, NL Netherlands and 15 more, Sham in MY Malaysia, SY Syria, PK Pakistan and 2 more and Sam 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●
Acronym of synthetic antibody mimic.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #94 | 3,057,701 | 1.1M rec. | — | 6.8K | Shyam | 243 |
| US United States | — | 111,555△ | 28K rec. | 1 in 3K | 112K | Shyam | 262 |
| SE Sweden | — | 11,277△ | 75 rec. | 1 in 905 | 11K | Shyam | 14 |
| FR France | — | 6,555△ | 1 rec. | 1 in 10K | 6.6K | — | 1 |
| MY Malaysia | #880 | 5,673 | 5.6K rec. | — | — | Sham | 35 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 4,131 | 2.7K rec. | — | 3 | Shyam | 99 |
| AU Australia | — | 1,945 | 2.1K rec. | — | 103 | Shyam | 103 |
| SY Syria | — | 1,583 | 2.1K rec. | — | — | Sham | 12 |
| BD Bangladesh | #787 | 1,003 | 1.4K rec. | — | — | Sam | 44 |
| CA Canada | — | 959 | 993 rec. | — | 12 | Shyam | 68 |
| PK Pakistan | — | 837 | 255 rec. | — | listed | Sham | 24 |
| FI Finland | — | 708△ | 11 rec. | 1 in 7.9K | 972 | Shyam | 5 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi40K38%
- 19K18%
- English12K11%
- Assamese7.9K8%
- Telugu7.9K8%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 39,921 | 38% |
| 18,596 | 18% | |
| English | 11,538 | 11% |
| Assamese | 7,906 | 8% |
| Telugu | 7,906 | 8% |
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●
Syam is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In yog, nine
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, Levant (a cultural region of Western Asia consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus)
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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1924 | 1 |
| 1927 | 1 |
| 1928 | 1 |
| 1929 | 2 |
| 1931 | 2 |
| 1932 | 2 |
| 1934 | 3 |
| 1935 | 2 |
| 1936 | 2 |
| 1937 | 3 |
| 1938 | 3 |
| 1939 | 5 |
| 1940 | 3 |
| 1941 | 4 |
| 1942 | 6 |
| 1943 | 3 |
| 1944 | 2 |
| 1945 | 3 |
| 1946 | 4 |
| 1947 | 12 |
| 1948 | 5 |
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1950 | 6 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1952 | 8 |
| 1953 | 16 |
| 1954 | 17 |
| 1955 | 11 |
| 1956 | 10 |
| 1957 | 13 |
| 1958 | 12 |
| 1959 | 15 |
| 1960 | 15 |
| 1961 | 13 |
| 1962 | 13 |
| 1963 | 15 |
| 1964 | 14 |
| 1965 | 21 |
| 1966 | 13 |
| 1967 | 25 |
| 1968 | 16 |
| 1969 | 14 |
| 1970 | 16 |
| 1971 | 21 |
| 1972 | 24 |
| 1973 | 26 |
| 1974 | 17 |
| 1975 | 23 |
| 1976 | 19 |
| 1977 | 16 |
| 1978 | 12 |
| 1979 | 10 |
| 1980 | 9 |
| 1981 | 13 |
| 1982 | 11 |
| 1983 | 18 |
| 1984 | 19 |
| 1985 | 11 |
| 1986 | 13 |
| 1987 | 8 |
| 1988 | 19 |
| 1989 | 17 |
| 1990 | 17 |
| 1991 | 22 |
| 1992 | 24 |
| 1993 | 20 |
| 1994 | 11 |
| 1995 | 12 |
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1997 | 10 |
| 1998 | 7 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 |
IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 74 years between 1924–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Evidence●
Attested in 19 sources across 13 countries.
Reference works 1
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 161 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Syam?
- We estimate roughly 133 thousand people bear Syam (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.
- In which country does Syam have the most bearers?
- Syam is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled shyam.
- Where is Syam most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Syam is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 905 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Syam compared with other names?
- In India, Syam is the 94th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
- Is Syam a male or female name?
- Syam is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Syam mean?
- Recorded meaning: Acronym of synthetic antibody mimic.
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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, “Syam” — the 94th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.