Given name & surname
Begum
“a woman of rank”
Begum is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a woman of rank.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a woman of rank.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Begum through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 590 as a first name in 2020; 20,473 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.
Begum’s family of names
Begum has a related form in Baegum. Begum has a related form in Bagum. Begum has a related form in Baigum.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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