Entry № 2812 · Other origin

Ekanem Ekanem — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eh-KAH-nem /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Beloved (Efik/Ibibio + Cross River)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "beloved (efik/ibibio + cross river)".

Ekanem is a girls' name meaning beloved (efik/ibibio + cross river).

Beloved (Efik/Ibibio + Cross River).

The name in its native script.

Ekanem
Transliteration
Ekanem
Pronunciation
/ ɛˈkɑː.nɛm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ekanem stands.

Ekanem does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ekanems before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mary Slessor
Scottish Presbyterian missionary Calabar 1848-1915 + mother of all peoples + ended killing of twins + White Queen of Okoyong
Scottish missionary

Names connected to Ekanem.

The number behind Ekanem.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ekanem reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.