Entry № 2862 · Other origin

Elham Elham — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ el-HAHM /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Other

Meaning

"Inspiration"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient

The meaning

A name that means "inspiration".

Elham is from Elhām.

Inspiration.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

الهام

Transliteration: Elhām
Pronunciation: / ɛlˈhɑːm /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Elham stands.

Elham 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.

Namesakes

Elhams before her.

Real people

—

In fiction

Islamic ilhām

Persian inspiration + Arabic ilhām + Islamic mystical-philosophical heritage + distinction between ilhām inspiration + waḥy revelation + Sufi heritage

Islamic theology

Names connected to Elham.

Numerology

The number behind Elham.

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Elham reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.