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
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #2,848 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Peak, #878
    90 babies named Hakim — more than any year before or since.
  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.