Given name & surname · Hebrew
שם
“name”
שם (shem) is a given name from Proto-Semitic, ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic. It is used in Hebrew.
HebrewWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Shem.
Meaning & origin
What it means
שם goes back to Proto-Afroasiatic *sim-, meaning “name.”
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Where it comes from
שם comes from Proto-Semitic, and ultimately from Proto-Afroasiatic.
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How it developed
From Proto-Semitic *šim-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *sim- (“name”).
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שם’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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