Hakim (name)

This article is about the use of Hakim as a name. For the full article on its use as a title or honorific and the distinction between ḥākim and ḥakīm, see Hakim (title).

Hakim or Al-Hakim (commonly Arabic: حكيم ḥakīm‎ "wise" or Arabic: حاکم ḥākem‎ "ruler") is a masculine given name. Variant transliterations include Hakam (or Al-Hakam), Hakm (or Al-Hakm), Hakum (or Al-Hakum), Hakeem (or Al-Hakeem) and Hakem (or Al-Hakem).

Title

Honorific

Patronymic

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (c. 755 – 869), Sunni jurist and traditionist of Khorasan
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021), Fatimid caliph
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 caliph of Córdoba
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987), Egyptian dramatist, novelist and thinker

Given name

Al-Hakam I (died 822), Córdoban emir
Al-Hakam II (915–976), Umayyad caliph of Córdoba
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-'As (c. 600), father of Umayyad caliph Marwan I and uncle of Uthman ibn Affan
Hakim (Egyptian singer) (born 1962), Egyptian singer
Hakim (Spanish singer) (born 1966), Moroccan-Spanish singer
Hakim Bey, pseudonym of Peter Lamborn Wilson (born 1945), American writer
Hakim ibn Hizam (fl. 600s), Meccan merchant
Hakeem Olajuwon (born 1963), Nigerian-American retired basketball player
Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (c. 1841 – 1914), Ahmadiyya leader and companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Hakim Rawther, 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
Hakim Warrick (born 1982), American basketball player
Hakim Ali Zardari (1930–2011), Pakistani tribal leader and father of former President Asif Ali Zardari
Hakeem Nicks, (born 1988), American football wide receiver

Family name

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
Naji Hakim (born 1955), the Lebanese-born composer and organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris
Peter Hakim, American economist of Lebanese descent
Omar Hakim (born 1959), American drummer
Nadey Hakim (born 1958), British surgeon
Imani Hakim, American actress
Andre Hakim, Grandson of Darrell F Zanuck, Founder 20th Century Fox, Musician< writer. (last living heir)
Yalda Hakim, Australian journalist
Nasser Hakim (born 1960), Lebanese-born Curaçaoan businessman and politician
Abdo Hakim (born 1973), Lebanese actor and voice actor
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