Alem
- Meaning:
- Precious jewel
- Origin:
- Arabic
About the name Alem
Name of Arabic origin, commonly interpreted as 'a precious jewel'; used among Bosniak communities.
Popularity with newborns
Alem has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
83 people in Croatia are called Alem, according to the 2021 census. That is #1628 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Alem is recorded in 3 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.