Entry № 7104 · Other origin

Tram Tram — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TRAHM /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Đặng Thuỳ Trâm - Vietnamese war diarist heroine"
Syllables
1
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Vietnamese)

A name that means "đặng thuỳ trâm - vietnamese war diarist heroine".

Tram is from the Vietnamese Trâm — hairpin, ornament. A modern American baby name in the broader Vietnamese heritage aesthetic. Đặng Thuỳ Trâm (1942-1970) was a foundational Vietnamese doctor + war diarist + author of Last Night I Dreamed of Peace (Nhật ký Đặng Thuỳ Trâm, 2005) — widely considered the foundational Vietnamese counterpart to Anne Frank's Diary. Her diaries were preserved by American serviceman Frederic Whitehurst for 35 years before return + publication. Subject of 2009 film Đừng Đốt (Don't Burn).

Featured throughout Vietnamese heritage.

Hairpin (Vietnamese). Đặng Thuỳ Trâm war diarist + Last Night I Dreamed of Peace 2005.

The name in its native script.

Trâm
Transliteration
Trâm
Pronunciation
/ trɑːm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tram stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Tram · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Trams before her.

Real people
Đặng Thuỳ Trâm
Vietnamese war diarist.
1942 – 1970
In fiction
Tram
Vietnamese hairpin.

Names connected to Tram.

The number behind Tram.

4

The Builder

Tram reduces to four.

Why families chose this name.

"Vietnamese diarist. Four letters. Tram."
Linh · Mother of one · Hanoi