Asem
Asem (also spelled Aasim, Asim, or Assem, Arabic: عاصم) is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "protector, guardian, defender." This same word also means "a word, a message" in Akan, spoken by Akans and by inhabitants of Suriname
Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent."
Given name
- Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant
- Asım Akin, Turkish physician
- Abu Asim Azmi, Indian politician
- Asım Orhan Barut, Turkish-American theoretical physicist
- Asim Brkan, Bosnian singer, musician and artist
- Asım Can Gündüz, Turkish rock and blues guitarist
- Asim Güzelbey, Turkish politician
- Assem Hammoud, Lebanese alleged Al Qaeda operative
- Assem Jaber, Lebanese diplomat
- Assem Jarrah, great-uncle or distant cousin of Ziad Jarrah
- Asim Kamal, Pakistan Test cricketer
- Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi, Palestinian political writer
- Prince Asem bin Al Nayef, Jordanian prince
- Assem Qanso, Lebanese politician
- Asim Saeed, Emirati cricketer
- Asem Tasbulatova, Kazakh singer
Surname
- Akram Assem, Afghan historian
- Princess Nejla bint Asem, Jordanian princess
- Princess Sana Asem, Jordanian princess