Given name & surname
Ream
“resembling a horned animal”
Ream is a variant of Reem. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a horned animal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ream is a variant of Reem. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a horned animal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ream is a variant of Reem. An origin associated with Reem is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ream through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 0 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 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 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 134 as a first name in 2020; 5,759 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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