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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
Origin
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ħakiːm] (حكيم) Arabic: [ħaːkɪm] (حاکم)
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Meaning	wise (حكيم) ruler (حاکم)
Region of origin	Arabia
Other names
Alternative spelling	Hakeem, Hakiem, Hakime Hakem, Hakam
Variant form(s)	Akeem
Related names	Joachim, Jason

Hakim or Al-Hakim is a masculine given name from Arabic: حكيم ḥakīm "wise" or Arabic: حاکم ḥākem "ruler". Its Anglicized variant, especially in the United States, is Hakeem.

Title

Honorific

Patronymic

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 ruler of Córdoba
Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987), Egyptian dramatist, novelist and thinker

Given name

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi (c. 755 – 869), Sunni jurist and traditionist of Khorasan
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985–1021), Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021)
Hakim (Egyptian singer) (born 1962), Egyptian sha'abi singer
Al-Hakam I (died 822), Emir of Córdoba
Al-Hakam II (915–976), Ruler of Córdoba
Hakeem Adeniji (born 1997), American football player
Hakim Adi (living), British historian and scholar
Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-'As (c. 600), father of Umayyad caliph Marwan I and uncle of Uthman ibn Affan
Hakim Bey, pseudonym of Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945-2022), American writer
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (born 1999), Japanese runner of sprint
Hakim ibn Hizam (fl. 600s), Meccan merchant
Hakeem Jeffries (born 1970), American Congressman
Hakeem Nicks, (born 1988), American football player
Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (c. 1841 – 1914), Ahmadiyya leader and companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Hakeem Femi Gbajabiamila (born 1962), Nigerian politician
Hakeem Olajuwon (born 1963), Nigerian-American retired basketball player
Hakim Rawther (died 2013), 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
Hakeem Valles, (born 1992), American football player
Hakim Warrick (born 1982), American basketball player
Hakim Ali Zardari (1930–2011), Pakistani tribal leader and father of former President Asif Ali Zardari
Hakim Ziyech (born 1993), Moroccan footballer

Family name

Abdo Hakim (born 1973), Lebanese actor and voice actor
Ayala Hakim, director of the technology division of Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Israel, previously Brigadier-general of the Israeli Defence Forces
Az-Zahir Hakim (born 1977), American football coach and former player, older brother of Saalim Hakim
André Hakim (1915–1980), Egyptian-born film producer for 20th Century Fox, brother of Robert and Raymond Hakim
Christine Hakim (born 1956), Indonesian actress, film producer, activist
Imani Hakim (born 1993), American actress
James Gita Hakim (1954–2021), South Sudanese-Ugandan internist, clinical epidemiologist, cardiologist, researcher
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
Nadey Hakim (born 1958), British surgeon
Nasser Hakim (born 1960), Lebanese-born Curaçaoan businessman and politician
Noel Hakim (born 1972), Franco-Lebanese Banker
Naji Hakim (born 1955), the Lebanese-born composer and organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris
Omar Hakim (born 1959), American drummer
Peter Hakim, American economist of Lebanese descent
Robert and Raymond Hakim (1907–1992) and (1909–1980), Egyptian-born, European film producers, brothers of André Hakim
Saalim Hakim (born 1990), American football player, younger brother of Az-Zahir Hakim
Weli-Ahmed Hakim, Finnish Tatar Imam
Yalda Hakim, Australian journalist
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

Fictional characters

Doctor Hakim, a character in the 2021 video game It Takes Two