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

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 Fazlur Rahman
• Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman

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
• 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

See also

• Hakim (disambiguation)
• Al-Hakam (disambiguation)
• Wikipedia pages beginning with "Hakim"