Meaning of name Shem

The name Shem has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Shem is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Shem for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Samuel, of which the name Shem is a variant.

The name Shem is very likely a(n) Yiddish variant of the name Samuel. See other suggested Yiddish boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Samuel.

The following names are baby names related to Shem and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Shem: Boys - Adam, Alpheus, Carmine, Danyele, Deror, Eben, Ebenezer, Ezra, Hiram, Israel, Jamin, Jared, Malachi, Meyer, Naftali, Nathan, Nehemiah, Nili, Nimrod, Omarion, Girls - Leva, Rella, Selah, Tamya, Both genders - Dagan, Elsie, Micah

The name Shem is a variant of Samuel. Other popular variants of the name Samuel are: Samaru (Japanese), Sami (Hungarian), Samko (Czech), Sammie, Sammy, Samo (Czech), Samouel (Greek), Samoyla (Russian), Samu (Hungarian), Samual, Samualle, Samuele (Italian), Samuelis (Lithuanian), Samuelito (Spanish), Samuell, Samuil (Russian), Samuka (Hungarian), Samuli (Finnish), Samvel (Russian), Samy, Sawyl (Welsh), Schmuel (Yiddish), Shem (Yiddish), Shemuel (Yiddish), Shumuel (Hebrew), Somhairle (Irish), Zamiel (German)

We think the name Shem should fall under the following style category: Biblical.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Shem to be: Intelligent, strong and capable chap

In one word, you might describe Shem as a(n) "capable" person.

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