Arsam

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies

Arsam by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Arsam.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Arsam

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 Arsam. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Arhammost merciful or compassionate238 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aramhigh, exalted20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arqam4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arsal3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abramhigh father; alternate form of Abraham739 in the US (2017)
  • Aryannoble; variant of Arjun151 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Arsam

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