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The baby name Hakim is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ha-KEEM (/haˈkiːm/).

Hakim is Arabic in Origin.

Gender: Male
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Arabic
Pronunciation: ha-KEEM (/haˈkiːm/)

What is the meaning of the name Hakim ?

The baby name Hakim is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ha-KEEM (/haˈkiːm/).

Hakim is Arabic in Origin.

Hakim is an Arabic masculine name from ḥakīm, “wise, judicious; learned,” built on the Semitic root ḥ‑k‑m, “to judge, govern, be prudent.” It is also an epithet of God in Islam - Al‑Hakim, “the All‑Wise” - which underlies the theophoric compound ʿAbd al‑Hakim/Abdelhakim (“servant of the All‑Wise”). The term passed into Persian and Urdu with the sense “sage” and “physician,” and related Turkish forms include Hâkim “judge” and Hekim “doctor.”

As a given name and honorific, Hakim appears across the Arab world, North and West Africa, Iran, and South Asia; in South Asia it was frequently a title for practitioners of Unani medicine. The name spread in the modern diaspora, with Hakeem becoming a familiar spelling in English, boosted in the late 20th century by figures like basketball star Hakeem Olajuwon. Variants and related forms: Ḥakīm, Hakem, Hakeem; feminine Hakima/Hakeema; surnominal and regnal uses include al‑Hakim.

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Hakim – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
BI 0 #12 1 425
DZ 0 #20 32,741 20,130
BF Boys 0 #25 2 439
ET Boys 0 #27 1 678
DJ Boys 0 #34 3 657
TM Boys 0 #34 3 614
AZ 0 #39 5 706
ID 0 #39 1 2,238
BI Boys 0 #44 1 917
AF 0 #62 15 1,883
BN Boys 0 #64 71 6,332
LU 0 #65 2 2,830
MV Boys 0 #79 1 3,375
SI 0 #79 2 1,612
AF Girls 0 #85 10 2,402
CN 0 #85 2 3,857
MA 0 #85 24,835 20,986
KW 0 #101 16 5,216
QA 0 #101 6 7,011
SD 0 #101 2 2,130
TW 0 #103 1 4,523
AF Boys 0 #105 232 3,535
OM 0 #107 10 6,215
BN Girls 0 #109 6 5,459
AZ Boys 0 #118 13 1,400
LY 0 #120 851 12,703
IQ 0 #125 9 3,533
CY Boys 0 #127 5 3,473
ID Boys 0 #127 9 4,130
MY Boys 0 #129 3,020 25,439
Switzerland Boys 2024 #135 3 1,769
MU 0 #137 1 3,613
JO 0 #138 3 2,158
PA 0 #138 1 3,797
TN 0 #145 3,671 13,765
AE 0 #161 17 10,220
HU Boys 0 #171 4 3,954
MT Boys 0 #175 5 4,064
Sweden Boys 2022 #178 5 1,509
PR Boys 0 #178 1 2,508
CZ 0 #186 1 3,154
RU 0 #192 3 3,641
BD 0 #200 28 5,992
SI Boys 0 #206 6 3,402
Belgium Boys 2003 #209 18 420
LU Boys 0 #215 6 4,970
MY 0 #219 117 12,352
GH 0 #223 21 5,396
PS 0 #225 2 5,692
BG Girls 0 #231 1 3,559
IR 0 #231 1 4,221
NA Girls 0 #237 1 7,146
KZ Boys 0 #245 45 6,578
AO Boys 0 #247 3 5,568
IQ Boys 0 #250 684 13,071
NA Boys 0 #250 4 6,830
GR Boys 0 #255 13 6,912
SG 0 #257 13 11,010
SA 0 #263 33 10,560
NG 0 #269 4 5,926
YE 0 #269 116 8,639
IL 0 #281 2 6,291
DK Boys 0 #290 36 7,401
GH Boys 0 #291 56 8,138
JM Boys 0 #292 2 6,876
Canada Boys 2024 #295 12 2,588
JP Boys 0 #298 6 7,909
AL Boys 0 #300 4 5,122
CZ Boys 0 #301 5 6,530
QA Girls 0 #303 14 15,378
SD Boys 0 #306 143 10,523
CN Boys 0 #307 13 9,639
IR Boys 0 #307 310 10,162
JO Boys 0 #312 66 7,057
France Boys 2021 #313 76 2,865
EG Boys 0 #315 1,104 15,035
DK Girls 0 #328 2 7,429
GH Girls 0 #337 1 6,973
JO Girls 0 #338 2 7,570
PL Boys 0 #340 1 6,459
KW Boys 0 #357 492 18,755
SD Girls 0 #357 2 7,678
BD Boys 0 #358 245 10,045
BD Girls 0 #358 29 8,413
BR 0 #359 2 5,969
CN Girls 0 #359 1 8,829
OM Girls 0 #364 33 15,987
MU Boys 0 #366 4 8,477
EG 0 #367 34 6,387
PT Boys 0 #375 7 7,951
NL 0 #377 15 2,481
Finland Boys 0 #395 33 2,041
QA Boys 0 #396 335 18,093
RU Boys 0 #396 110 12,621
PH Boys 0 #400 9 11,440
Austria Boys 0 #402 41 2,180
SA Boys 0 #410 2,927 28,008
Germany 0 #425 13 2,542
SG Boys 0 #427 280 17,960
AE Boys 0 #433 946 22,615
Spain Boys 0 #436 688 5,610
Spain 0 #436 17 2,326
BH 0 #469 85 17,937
ZA 0 #472 3 14,421
AR Boys 0 #483 1 7,628
OM Boys 0 #484 456 17,948
TR 0 #484 2,210 19,440
IQ Girls 0 #488 17 11,303
KW Girls 0 #489 27 19,177
PA Boys 0 #503 3 9,305
CR Boys 0 #510 1 10,188
AE Girls 0 #511 43 20,968
CM Boys 0 #511 40 12,054
IR Girls 0 #511 20 8,334
NL Boys 0 #513 530 5,873
PS Boys 0 #515 34 10,655
RU Girls 0 #523 1 11,913
HK Boys 0 #556 2 12,905
CM Girls 0 #558 3 11,671
IL Boys 0 #577 31 10,983
LB 0 #583 76 13,263
BO Boys 0 #619 4 9,244
Finland Boys 2026 #629 54 3,552
SG Girls 0 #632 1 18,916
IN Girls 0 #646 9 13,121
SY 0 #649 80 11,684
IT Boys 0 #670 1,092 10,046
CL Boys 0 #695 6 13,390
Germany Boys 0 #703 257 5,697
IT 0 #703 12 4,183
IN Boys 0 #729 285 16,750
BR Boys 0 #785 1 12,213
SA Girls 0 #794 142 25,931
United States Boys 2024 #835 58 7,044
MY Girls 0 #895 100 24,821
NG Boys 0 #909 43 16,906
PE Boys 0 #922 5 14,506
EG Girls 0 #944 16 14,742
NL Girls 0 #946 10 5,933
MX Boys 0 #970 13 16,355
CO Boys 0 #979 3 15,656
ZA Boys 0 #1,121 58 25,619
CO Girls 0 #1,152 1 16,140
ZA Girls 0 #1,233 4 25,928
IT Girls 0 #1,424 23 9,415

Hakim is popular in 84 countries — most recent births per country:

France
Canada
United States
Switzerland
Sweden

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People also ask about Hakim

Hakim is predominantly a boy's name.
Hakim is a 2 syllable name, pronounced ha-KEEM (/haˈkiːm/).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Hakeem, Akeem, Hakem, Hakīm, Hākim and Al-Hakim.
Across languages, Hakim has these equivalents: Sage (English), Hikmat (Arabic/Persian), Vivek (Sanskrit), Sophia/Sophos (Greek), Solomon (Hebrew, associated with wisdom).
Yes — Hakim ranked #135 in Switzerland in 2024, and appears in official birth registries across 7 countries.
Hakim ranks highest in Switzerland (#135 in 2024).
Hakim's popularity is rising significantly. It moved from #329 in 2011 to #313 in 2021 in France.