Arhum
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arhum by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Arhum. In the US, 16 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Arhum
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 Arhum. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arhammost merciful or compassionate238 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arthurbear; the legendary king3,211 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arjunbright; shining; white136 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artemgift of artemis; a form of artemus15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ariusof Mars; warlike51 in the US (2017)
- AchimGod will judge; a form of Joachim35 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Arhum
Names that are said the same way as Arhum, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Arhaam3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Arhum
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