Ñaim

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ñaim is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ναΐν (Naḯn), derived from Biblical Hebrew נָעִים (Na'ím) for the given name, from Biblical Hebrew ניין for the village.

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 1.5K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 15K
  • SISlovenia1 in 19K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,491 people, 2020

Sources
16 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Albania

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Naim in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Ñaim: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Ñaim
  1. Ancient GreekΝαΐνNaḯn(measured from records)
  2. Biblical HebrewנָעִיםNa'ím(measured from records)
  3. Biblical Hebrewניין(measured from records)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ναΐν (Naḯn), derived from Biblical Hebrew נָעִים (Na'ím) for the given name, from Biblical Hebrew ניין for the village.

Sources 9

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ñaim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ñaim is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,4911 in 134K2.4KNaim16
ES Spain2,0971 in 24K2.1K—2
AL Albania2,0931 in 1.5K2.1K——
SE Sweden6681 in 15K668—3
BR Brazil5401 in 392K605——
SI Slovenia1101 in 19K114——
DK Denmark1011 in 58K101——

2,491 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • Spanish given name28 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Naim, Naím, Naïm, Naìm, Na'Ím

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Ñaim under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ñaim mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ναΐν (Naḯn), derived from Biblical Hebrew נָעִים (Na'ím) for the given name, from Biblical Hebrew ניין for the village. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 7 other sources.
In which country does Ñaim have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Ñaim, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naim.
Where is Ñaim most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ñaim is densest in Albania — about 1 in 1.5 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Ñaim?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,491 people named Ñaim in 2020, about 1 in 134 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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, “Ñaim”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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