Som is a boy's name of Turkish origin meaning “moon.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Som at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Turkish
Meaning
“moon”
About the name Som
Som belongs to the Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “moon” — is the sense carried by its Turkish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Som first appears in Social Security records in 1981. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5415 in 1981, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 29 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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