Given name & surname
Almas
“resembling a diamond”
Almas is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a diamond.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling a diamond.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic أَلْمَاس (“diamond”), from Spanish Almas, from Hungarian Almás.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Almas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 229
- 31 boys · 198 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #5,925 for girls · #7,701 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +82%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,925 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 816 as a first name in 2020; 631 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Almas’s family of names
Almas has a related form in Almaas. Almas is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Алмас. In Bashkir usage, Almas is a transliteration of Алмас.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Almas has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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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