Hakim (name) explained

Hakim
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ar/ (حكيم) pronounced as /ar/ (حاکم)
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	wise (حكيم) ruler (حاکم)
Region:	Arabia
Language:	Arabic
Alternative Spelling:	Hakeem, Hakiem, Hakime Hakem, Hakam
Variant Forms:	Akeem
Related Names:	Joachim, Jason

Hakim or Al-Hakim is a masculine given name from ar|حكيم ḥakīm "wise" or ar|حاکم ḥākem "ruler".^{[1] [2] [3]} Its Anglicized variant, especially in the United States, is Hakeem.

Title

See also: Hakim (title).

• Samir Geagea, known as al-Hakim, leader of the Lebanese Forces party
• George Habash, known as al-Hakim, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Honorific

• Hakim Noor-ud-Din
• Hakim Abdul Aziz
• Hakim Habibur Rahman
• Hakim Mohammed Said
• Hakim Syed Karam Husain
• Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

Patronymic

• Abu Abdullah al-Hakim Nishapuri (933–1012), Sunni scholar and traditionist of Khorasan
• Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim (1953–2009), Iraqi cleric and politician
• Sulayman ibn al-Hakam (died 1016), Umayyad ruler of Córdoba
• Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987), Egyptian dramatist, novelist and thinker

Given name

• Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (c. 755 – 869), Sunni jurist and traditionist of Khorasan
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021), Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021)
• Hakim (Egyptian singer) (born 1962), Egyptian sha'abi singer
• Al-Hakam I (died 822), Emir of Córdoba
• Al-Hakam II (915–976), Ruler of Córdoba
• Hakeem Adeniji (born 1997), American football player
• Hakim Adi (living), British historian and scholar
• Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-'As (c. 600), father of Umayyad caliph Marwan I and uncle of Uthman ibn Affan
• Hakim Bey, pseudonym of Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945-2022), American writer
• Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (born 1999), Japanese runner of sprint
• Hakim ibn Hizam (fl. 600s), Meccan merchant
• Hakeem Jeffries (born 1970), American Congressman
• Hakeem Nicks, (born 1988), American football player
• Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (c. 1841 – 1914), Ahmadiyya leader and companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
• Hakeem Femi Gbajabiamila (born 1962), Nigerian politician
• Hakeem Olajuwon (born 1963), Nigerian-American retired basketball player
• Hakim Rawther (died 2013), Indian director and actor of Malayalam films
• Hakeem Seriki (born 1979), American rapper better known as Chamillionaire
• Hakim Toumi (born 1961), Algerian retired hammer thrower
• Hakim Abol Qasim Ferdowsi Tusi (940–1020), Persian poet and author of the epic Shahnameh better known as Ferdowsi
• Hakeem Valles, (born 1992), American football player
• Hakim Warrick (born 1982), American basketball player
• Hakim Ali Zardari (1930–2011), Pakistani tribal leader and father of former President Asif Ali Zardari
• Hakim Ziyech (born 1993), Moroccan footballer

Family name

• Abdo Hakim (born 1973), Lebanese actor and voice actor
• Ayala Hakim, director of the technology division of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Israel, previously Brigadier-general of the Israeli Defence Forces
• Az-Zahir Hakim (born 1977), American football coach and former player, older brother of Saalim Hakim
• André Hakim (1915–1980), Egyptian-born film producer for 20th Century Fox, brother of Robert and Raymond Hakim
• Christine Hakim (born 1956), Indonesian actress, film producer, activist
• Imani Hakim (born 1993), American actress
• James Gita Hakim (1954–2021), South Sudanese-Ugandan internist, clinical epidemiologist, cardiologist, researcher
• Maximos II Hakim (c. 1689 – 1761), patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1760 to 1761
• Maximos V Hakim (1908–2001), patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1967 to 2000
• Nadey Hakim (born 1958), British surgeon
• Nasser Hakim (born 1960), Lebanese-born Curaçaoan businessman and politician
• Noel Hakim (born 1972), Franco-Lebanese Banker
• Naji Hakim (born 1955), the Lebanese-born composer and organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris
• Omar Hakim (born 1959), American drummer
• Peter Hakim, American economist of Lebanese descent
• Robert and Raymond Hakim (1907–1992) and (1909–1980), Egyptian-born, European film producers, brothers of André Hakim
• Saalim Hakim (born 1990), American football player, younger brother of Az-Zahir Hakim
• Weli-Ahmed Hakim, Finnish Tatar Imam
• Yalda Hakim, Australian journalist
• Hakim family of Iraqi Shiite clerics:
  • Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), the spiritual leader of the Shia world between 1955 and 1970
  • Muhammad Saeed al-Hakim (born 1936), Shiite cleric
  • Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim (1939–2003), Shiite cleric
  • Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (1953–2009), Shiite cleric and politician
  • Ammar al-Hakim (born 1971), Shiite cleric and politician

Fictional characters

• Doctor Hakim, a character in the 2021 video game It Takes Two

See also

• • Akim (disambiguation)
• Hakim (disambiguation)
• Al-Hakam (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=hakeem
2. https://www.etymonline.com/word/Hakeem
3. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer0000unse_u7y8/page/115/mode/1up