Syama
given name · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Syama is a given name, most frequently recorded in India, where it is the 94th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Hindi and Khmer, written in the Latin script.
- 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, Syam in AE United Arab Emirates, SA Saudi Arabia 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
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 | #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●
- Hindi42K69%
- Khmer5K8%
- Indonesian4.2K7%
- Japanese1.9K3%
- 1.4K2%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 41,543 | 69% |
| Khmer | 5,029 | 8% |
| Indonesian | 4,183 | 7% |
| Japanese | 1,913 | 3% |
| 1,362 | 2% |
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 4 sources across 2 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 108 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Syama?
- We estimate roughly 133 thousand people bear Syama (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.
- In which country does Syama have the most bearers?
- Syama is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled shyam.
- Where is Syama most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Syama is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 905 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Syama compared with other names?
- In India, Syama is the 94th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
- Is Syama a male or female name?
- Syama 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.
Query this name via API
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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, “Syama” — the 94th most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.