Naïm
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/naim/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Naïm is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh 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.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 2.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 6.7K
- USUnited States1 in 134K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 218 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 338 (inferred from the name graph)
≈58,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kosovo, est.
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 XK Kosovo, US United States, BD Bangladesh and 4 more.
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)
- Ancient GreekΝαΐνNaḯn(measured from records)
- Biblical HebrewנָעִיםNa'ím(measured from records)
- 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)
Naïm 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #334 | ≈58,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | — | Naim | 85 |
| TR Türkiye | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | Naim | 14 |
| AF Afghanistan | #190 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | — | Naim | 21 |
| DZ Algeria | #394 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | — | Naim | 30 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈5,700 est. | ≈1 in 338 | 7K | Naim | 3 |
| TN Tunisia | #290 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Naim | 35 |
| US United States | — | 2,491 | 1 in 134K | 2.4K | Naim | 135 |
| AL Albania | — | 2,093 | 1 in 1.5K | 2.1K | — | — |
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: ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Naïm Kattanb. 1928IQCanadian writer (1928-2021)
- Naïm Khaderb. 1939BEPalestinian politician (1939-1981)
- Naim Qassemb. 1953LBSecretary-General of Hezbollah
- Naïm Vanthieghemb. 1986BEresearcher
- Naïm Aarabb. 1988BEBelgian football player
- Naïm Slitib. 1992FRTunisian and French association football player
- Naïm Dhibb. 1998FRFrench association football player
- Naïm Laïdounib. 2002FRTunisian, Algerian and French association football player
- Naïm Matougb. 2003NLDutch association football player
- Naïm Byarb. 2005FRFrench and Moroccan footballer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Naïm 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.
- Is Naïm a male or female name?
- Naïm is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Naïm have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 58 thousand people named Naïm in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled naim.
- How common is the name Naïm?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,491 people named Naïm in 2020, about 1 in 134 thousand residents.
- How common is Naïm compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Naïm is the 334th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Naïm?
- A machine transcription gives /naim/ (IPA) for French.
What do you want to know about Naïm?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/na%C3%AFmThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Naïm” — the 334th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.