Alem
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Alem by the numbers
Alem was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Alem
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
- Alecdefender of men; short form of Alexander569 in the US (2017)
- Alekdefender of mankind; a diminutive of alexander114 in the US (2017)
- Ademman of the earth; a form of Adam21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alenbright; a form of Alan38 in the US (2017)
- Alimlearned scholar wise25 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alem
Names that are said the same way as Alem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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