Discover and Shortlist Your Perfect Baby Names!

Shaam as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shaam

Add to my Name List

The baby name Shaam is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ʃaːm/ — "SHAHM".

Shaam is Hindi, Urdu in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 1.0
Origin: Hindi, Urdu
Pronunciation: /ʃaːm/ — "SHAHM"

What is the meaning of the name Shaam ?

The baby name Shaam is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /ʃaːm/ — "SHAHM".

Shaam is Hindi, Urdu in Origin.

Shaam has two overlapping South Asian and Semitic strands. In Indo‑Aryan languages it reflects Sanskrit śyāma, “dark, dusky, blue‑black,” a devotional epithet of Krishna celebrated in bhakti poetry from the medieval period onward. Through Hindi/Urdu phonology this yields Shyam/Shyām, and the spelling Shaam preserves the long vowel in transliteration. The name is chiefly masculine in India but can be unisex in some communities. Related forms include Shyam, Shyama (also an epithet of the goddess Kāli), Syam, and feminine derivatives Shyamala/Shyamali.

In Hindi‑Urdu everyday speech, shaam also means “evening, dusk,” via Persian and Arabic šām. This sense contributes a poetic, twilight imagery to the name. In Arabic contexts, the cognate Sham refers to Greater Syria/Damascus and is sometimes used as a feminine given name. Variants across regions include Shaam, Shyam, Shyām, Shyama, and Sham, offering both devotional and lyrical resonances.

Shaam has the following similar or variant Names

Shaam – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
MV Girls 0 #34 2 2,021
MV Boys 0 #68 10 3,375
QA 0 #106 1 7,011
OM 0 #121 1 6,215
Sweden Girls 2016 #186 2 1,634
AL Girls 0 #227 1 4,141
GR Boys 0 #271 3 6,912
Canada Girls 2017 #288 9 3,011
SA 0 #311 2 10,560
DK Girls 0 #329 1 7,429
JO Girls 0 #331 9 7,570
DK Boys 0 #332 1 7,401
QA Girls 0 #342 2 15,378
MY 0 #354 1 12,352
SD Girls 0 #358 1 7,678
GH Boys 0 #361 1 8,138
MU Boys 0 #369 1 8,477
JO Boys 0 #387 3 7,057
YE 0 #398 1 8,639
OM Girls 0 #420 5 15,987
SD Boys 0 #464 3 10,523
SY 0 #485 269 11,684
IQ Girls 0 #522 4 11,303
RU Boys 0 #526 1 12,621
PS Girls 0 #540 8 10,981
KW Girls 0 #554 8 19,177
LY 0 #557 3 12,703
PS Boys 0 #560 2 10,655
BH 0 #584 4 17,937
AE Girls 0 #590 8 20,968
BD Boys 0 #604 2 10,045
IL Boys 0 #625 1 10,983
IL Girls 0 #640 6 11,648
LB 0 #647 12 13,263
IN Girls 0 #654 1 13,121
QA Boys 0 #691 17 18,093
IQ Boys 0 #692 6 13,071
SG Boys 0 #738 2 17,960
KW Boys 0 #757 13 18,755
OM Boys 0 #860 22 17,948
EG Boys 0 #872 15 15,035
SA Girls 0 #897 39 25,931
United States Girls 2022 #899 5 8,739
NL Boys 0 #901 51 5,873
NL Girls 0 #941 15 5,933
EG Girls 0 #946 14 14,742
CO Boys 0 #981 1 15,656
IN Boys 0 #990 12 16,750
NG Boys 0 #1,001 1 16,906
PE Girls 0 #1,010 1 14,861
AE Boys 0 #1,046 47 22,615
MY Girls 0 #1,068 5 24,821
MY Boys 0 #1,096 16 25,439
MA 0 #1,199 1 20,986
TR 0 #1,199 13 19,440
ZA Girls 0 #1,230 7 25,928
DZ 0 #1,234 1 20,130
ZA Boys 0 #1,265 8 25,619
SA Boys 0 #1,514 101 28,008

Shaam is popular in 38 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
AE
AL
BD
BH

Did we miss something about this name? Let us know!

People also ask about Shaam

Shaam is predominantly a boy's name.
Shaam is a one syllable name, pronounced /ʃaːm/ — "SHAHM".
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Sham, Shām and al-Sham (place-name/usage).
Across languages, Shaam has these equivalents: Vesper (Latin, 'evening'), Nisha (Sanskrit/Hindi, 'night'), Layla/Leila (Arabic, 'night').
Yes — Shaam ranked #186 in Sweden in 2016, and appears in official birth registries across 3 countries.
Shaam ranks highest in Sweden (#186 in 2016).