Wissam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wee-SAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Wissam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “medal, badge of honour”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Wissam mean?
Arabic: spelling of Wisam; Arabic wisam
“medal, badge of honour”
From the Arabic word for a medal or decoration of honour.
Meaning borrowed from Wisam.
Is Wissam a girl's or a boy's name?
Wissam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wissam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Wissam, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wissam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Wissam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Wissam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Wissam, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Wissam in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wissam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Wissam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arham, Muhammad, Musa, Hamza, Zayan, Zayaan, Zayd, Umar, Abdullah, Mustafa, Ibrahim, Ahmed
Names related to Wissam
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Wissam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wissam, updated 20 October 2026.