Shahem

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shahem by the numbers

Shahem was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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 Shahem

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

  • Shahedwitness or observer8 in the US (2017)
  • Shaheem16 in the US (2017)
  • Shanegod is gracious; anglicized form of Seán927 in the US (2017)
  • Salempeace; derived from place name366 in the US (2017)
  • Shalompeace130 in the US (2017)
  • Shulempeace; a form of Shalom45 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Shahem

Names that are said the same way as Shahem, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Chayimlife; variant of Chaim6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Shahem

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