The baby name Hama is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'Japanese': '/ha.ma/ (HAH-mah)', 'English_approx': '/ˈhɑːmə/ or /ˈhæmə/ (HAH-muh or HAM-uh)', 'Arabic': '/ha.ma/ or /ˈhɑːma/ (regional variation)'}.
The baby name Hama is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced {'Japanese': '/ha.ma/ (HAH-mah)', 'English_approx': '/ˈhɑːmə/ or /ˈhæmə/ (HAH-muh or HAM-uh)', 'Arabic': '/ha.ma/ or /ˈhɑːma/ (regional variation)'}.
Hama is Arabic, Japanese in Origin.
With layered origins, Hama is a Germanic masculine name tied to Old English Háma, likely from Proto-Germanic *haimaz “home, dwelling.” It appears in early verse (the hero Háma of Widsith/Beowulf) and later via Tolkien’s Háma in The Lord of the Rings. Medieval relatives include Latinized Haimo and the Norman forms Hamo and Hamon, all expressing a sense of “home, settlement.”
In Japanese, Hama is a rare given name or element written 浜/濱, meaning “seashore, beach,” and can be unisex or extended in forms like Hamako or Hamae. In Kurdish usage, Hama is a familiar form of Muhammad, thus bearing the meaning “praiseworthy”; the spelling Hamma occurs across the Sahel. These roots give Hama varied nuances: home in Germanic lore, coast in Japanese, and devotional heritage in Kurdish and West African contexts.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF | 0 | #10 | 1 | 188 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #13 | 14,088 | 13,071 |
| IQ | 0 | #23 | 200 | 3,533 | |
| BF | Boys | 0 | #26 | 1 | 439 |
| TN | 0 | #47 | 11,929 | 13,765 | |
| CM | 0 | #56 | 1 | 2,592 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #78 | 2 | 3,375 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #89 | 945 | 11,303 |
| GR | 0 | #133 | 3 | 3,911 | |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #151 | 4 | 4,685 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| AE | 0 | #185 | 3 | 10,220 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #217 | 1 | 4,575 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| GH | 0 | #234 | 10 | 5,396 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #254 | 14 | 6,912 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #255 | 2 | 7,111 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #272 | 3 | 3,535 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #292 | 5 | 6,578 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #298 | 49 | 8,138 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #302 | 2 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #307 | 6 | 10,560 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #312 | 14 | 7,570 |
| DZ | 0 | #316 | 2,090 | 20,130 | |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #328 | 4 | 9,639 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #328 | 5 | 7,401 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #333 | 5 | 6,973 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #339 | 5 | 15,378 |
| MY | 0 | #353 | 2 | 12,352 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #354 | 5 | 7,678 |
| LY | 0 | #377 | 162 | 12,703 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| France | Boys | 2019 | #392 | 3 | 2,886 |
| YE | 0 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| EG | 0 | #407 | 6 | 6,387 | |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #416 | 12 | 2,041 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #416 | 9 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #430 | 16 | 10,523 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #478 | 73 | 12,054 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #498 | 18 | 19,177 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #513 | 11 | 10,981 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #523 | 4 | 12,621 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #529 | 12 | 11,671 |
| SY | 0 | #529 | 210 | 11,684 | |
| BH | 0 | #541 | 13 | 17,937 | |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #544 | 10 | 20,968 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #557 | 5 | 10,655 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #560 | 6 | 10,162 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #621 | 11 | 13,121 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #637 | 9 | 11,648 |
| LB | 0 | #648 | 11 | 13,263 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #662 | 229 | 15,035 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #673 | 35 | 18,093 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #726 | 44 | 18,755 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| MA | 0 | #740 | 419 | 20,986 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #773 | 14 | 15,093 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #828 | 11 | 4,949 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #845 | 108 | 5,697 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #860 | 100 | 14,742 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #861 | 21 | 17,948 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #875 | 61 | 25,931 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #896 | 56 | 5,873 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #902 | 29 | 5,610 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #904 | 48 | 16,906 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #979 | 3 | 15,656 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #984 | 11 | 24,821 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #991 | 11 | 16,750 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,068 | 25 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,080 | 132 | 19,440 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,094 | 18 | 25,439 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,154 | 25 | 25,619 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,265 | 3 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,301 | 171 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,474 | 141 | 28,008 |
Hama is popular in 61 countries — most recent births per country:
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