Hakim

Where Hakim comes from

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hakim
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Hakim through the years
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #2,848 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Peak, #878
    90 babies named Hakim, the most in any year.
  3. 1982
    Hakim Warrick born
    American basketball player
  4. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,690.
  5. 1993
    Hakim Ziyech born
    Moroccan-Dutch footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Hakim Ziyech · Moroccan-Dutch footballer, born 1993
  • Hakim Warrick · American basketball player, born 1982
  • Hakim ibn Hizam · companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, 599–674
  • Hakim Abdallah · French and Malagasy footballer, born 1998
  • Hakim Sahabo · Rwandan footballer, born 2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.