Hashim

Where Hashim comes from

From Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hashim
  • Arabic
Hashim through the years
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,375 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Peak, #1,268
    49 babies named Hashim, its best rank.
  3. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,375.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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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.