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Latin spelling of the Arabic name شَمس (Shams) meaning 'sun' [1]
| Shams | ♀/♂ | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Arabic |
| Shamso | ♀ | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Somali |
See also Samson
Shams is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[2] |
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317 | 351 | 263 | 277 | 54 | 74 |
Denmark[3] |
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38 | n.a. |
24 | n.a. |
14 | n.a. |
Finland[4] |
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n.a. |
54 | n.a. |
48 | n.a. |
6 |
Iceland[5] |
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1 | 1 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[6] |
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42 | n.a. |
28 | n.a. |
14 | n.a. |
Greenland[7] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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