Umm
loc · Arabic · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Umm is a name, most frequently recorded in Qatar. It appears chiefly in Arabic and Hebrew, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: eli mother. Used as a Kunya, to make a compound of which the first part is Umm.
- QAQatar1 in 719◐
- SDSudan1 in 3.7K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates1 in 12K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- 14K ●
- Sources
- 33 ●
in 5 countries
4.9K records
Official registry-verified
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Ûmm in FR France.
Meaning & origin●
eli mother. Used as a Kunya, to make a compound of which the first part is Umm
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA Qatar | 1,940 | 64 rec. | — | — | Umm | 8 |
| SD Sudan | 1,664 | 7 rec. | — | — | Umm | 2 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | 640 | 240 rec. | — | — | Umm | 14 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | 268 | 132 rec. | — | — | Umm | 16 |
| IQ Iraq | 257 | 32 rec. | — | — | Umm | 3 |
| FR France | 146 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Ûmm | 30 |
| LY Libya | 94 | 44 rec. | — | — | Umm | 3 |
| EG Egypt | 91 | 127 rec. | — | — | Umm | 11 |
| JO Jordan | 46 | 56 rec. | — | — | Umm | 2 |
| SY Syria | 39 | 126 rec. | — | — | Umm | 3 |
| IN India | 29 | 239 rec. | — | 8 | Umm | 16 |
| BH Bahrain | 20 | 27 rec. | — | — | Umm | 2 |
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Languages●
- Arabic5.1K32%
- Hebrew3472%
- Hindi251%
- English201%
- Spanish131%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | 5,059 | 32% |
| Hebrew | 347 | 2% |
| Hindi | 25 | 1% |
| English | 20 | 1% |
| Spanish | 13 | 1% |
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●
Umm is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, mother; used as an attributive to make a compound name
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Arabic, Arabic/Muslim: 'mother'; linked to Umm Kulthum
as a nameAfrican Names
In Arabic, mother.
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
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.
Notable people with this name●
- Umm al-Ala bint YusufESArabic poet from the Andalus Period
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●
Attested in 6 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 8 | #137,837 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 8 | #3,170 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #37,740 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #52,036 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2024 | — | — |
| PK Pakistan | Muslim given names (CC0) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement) | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2018 | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 8 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Umm?
- Our records include 13,855 bearers of Umm across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Umm have the most bearers?
- Umm is most frequently recorded in Qatar, where it is most often spelled umm.
- What does the name Umm mean?
- Recorded meaning: eli mother. Used as a Kunya, to make a compound of which the first part is Umm
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Umm”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.