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Hakim

/hah-KEEM/ MasculineArabic

Meaning

Hakim is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “wise”.

Hakim means wise in Arabic and is counted among the ninety-nine names of God as Al-Hakim, the All-Wise; in much of the Muslim world the same word also means physician, wisdom applied to healing. Basketball great Hakeem Olajuwon spread a variant spelling across America.

Common throughout the Muslim world; both Hakim and Hakeem have appeared in the US top 1000.

At a glance

Origin
Arabic
Gender
Masculine
Pronounced
/hah-KEEM/
Themes
Wisdom

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Questions

  • Hakim is a masculine name of Arabic origin meaning “wise”. Hakim means wise in Arabic and is counted among the ninety-nine names of God as Al-Hakim, the All-Wise; in much of the Muslim world the same word also means physician, wisdom applied to healing.

  • Hakim is traditionally a masculine (boy) name. Common throughout the Muslim world; both Hakim and Hakeem have appeared in the US top 1000.

  • The name Hakim comes from Arabic. Hakim means wise in Arabic and is counted among the ninety-nine names of God as Al-Hakim, the All-Wise; in much of the Muslim world the same word also means physician, wisdom applied to healing. Basketball great Hakeem Olajuwon spread a variant spelling across America.

  • Hakim is pronounced hah-KEEM.

More names that mean wisdom

Names that share this meaning.

  1. Abigail FeminineHebrew“my father is joy”
  2. Akili UnisexSwahili“intellect, wisdom”
  3. Alfred MasculineOld English“elf counsel”
  4. Ananda MasculineSanskrit“bliss”
  5. Athena FeminineGreek“the goddess of wisdom”
  6. Cato MasculineLatin“wise, shrewd”