Zaim (name)
Zaim may be a representation of the male Arabic given name Za'im / Zaeim (Arabic: ضعیم / زاعِم/ زاعيم), meaning leader, chief. Correspondingly al-Za'im (Arabic: الزعيم) means "the leader".[1][2] Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Alexander Zaim (born 1988), Swedish footballer
- Cyril V Zaim (1655-1720), Patriarch of Antioch, nephew of Macarius
- Derviş Zaim (born 1964), Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist
- Husni al-Za'im (1897–1949), Syrian military officer and politician
- Issam Al Zaim (1940-2007), Syrian economist and former minister of industry
- Kourosh Zaim (born 1939), Iranian writer
- Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im (died 1672), Patriarch of Antioch
- Mohamed Ragab El-Zaim, Egyptian wrestler
- Naureen Zaim (born 1978), American model, actor, artist, and boxer
- Paul Za'im (1627-1669), Ottoman Syrian Orthodox clergyman and chronicler, son of Macarius
Given name:
- Mohamad Zaim Abu Hassan, Malaysian politician
- Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid (born 1989), Malaysian badminton player
- Zaim Imamović (1920-1994), Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer, accordionist and author
- Zaim Imamović (1961-1995), Bosniak military officer
- Zaim Redžepović (born 1980), Serbian Bosniak politician
- Zaim Topčić (1920-1990), Yugoslav and Bosnian writer
- Hasnul Zaim bin Zafri (born 2002), Malaysian footballer
References
- Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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