Som
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning soma; sacred ritual drink.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Som by the numbers
Som was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Som. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Som, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)