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Meaning of the name Nam

[ 1 syll. nam, na-m ] The boy name Nam is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is NAEM †. Nam is largely used in the Vietnamese language and its origin is also Vietnamese. The name's meaning is child from the south.

Nam is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Nam include Naam, Naum (German, Russian, and Slavic), Nen, Nenne (Scandinavian), Neyon, Nien (Vietnamese), Nim, Nimm, Nisse (Scandinavian), Noam (English and Hebrew), Noe (English), Noé (French), Noë (French), Noi (Russian and Slavic), Noy (Russian), Nwoye (Igbo), Nye (English), Na'im (Arabic), Naaman (English), and Nahma.

 



† English pronunciation for Nam: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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