Shem name meaning
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What does Shem mean?
Offbeat Shem has its origin in Hebrew bestowed upon both boys and girls, Shem means "Name" is especially used in English, Yiddish and Hebrew. Shem is Yiddish and English form of Samuel.
How do I pronounce Shem?
The one syllabled name Shem is pronounced, shem.
Variants of Shem
Sem, Sam, Samuel, Shemuel, Kamuela, Samueldavid, Semi, Saam, Samantha, Samson, David
Names that rhyme with ShemHow popular is the name Shem?
Shem is an uncommon baby name in United States, even after 56 years of presence it could not make beyond the top 3000. There are over 660 babies that have been given the name Shem in United States.
In England and Wales, it has been in use since 1996 and achieved its top ranking of 1263 in 1998. But Shem is a popular baby name in Kenya where every 1 in 4000 have the name.
At least, 20000 people around the globe have been given the name as per our evaluation.
| Year | Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Births | Rank | Births | |
| 2023 | 6862 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5413 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6301 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 6596 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 5547 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5311 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 5520 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 7145 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 5284 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5478 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
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What numerology tells about Shem?
Open up to people and let them into your world. Meditation is your thing. Give people a chance to prove their loyalty and love. You are fully devoted to the people you care for but to get to this point with a person, it takes a lot of time and effort. You trust people but not as much as you trust your intuition and gut. Partnerships are exclusively important to you. You believe you were created for great things, however, sometimes you doubt the value of your goals.
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- Jeramiah means Yahwe Uplifts is specifically used in English which is rooted from Hebrew is aimed at boys
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Famous people named Shem
- Shem Drowne, colonial coppersmith and tinplate worker in Boston
- Shem Kororia, former Kenyan long-distance runner
- Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov, Spanish kabbalist and fierce opponent of rationalistic philosophy
- Shem Tov ben Abraham ibn Gaon, Spanish Talmudist and kabbalist
- Shem Tob Gaguine, British Sephardic rabbi and scion of a famous Moroccan rabbinical dynasty which emigrated to Palestine
- Shem, was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as
- Shemss Audat in Furieuse as Actress
- Shem Bitterman in Halloween 5 as Writer
- Shemale in Episode dated 13 December 2003 as
Lists having Shem
- Biblical Baby Names
- Boys names beginning with S
- Girls names beginning with S
- American Baby Names
- English Baby Names
- Hebrew Baby Names
- Yiddish Baby Names
- Boy names that starts with She
Sources
- Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
- Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths
- Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/2540004
- Sociale Verzekeringsbank, https://www.svb.nl/nl/kindernamen/