Kem

Where Kem comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Kem.

Kem through the years
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,212 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Peak, #924
    65 babies named Kem, the most in any year.
  3. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,581.
  4. 1978
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Kem in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.