Fun Facts About the Name Hamim
- 6 babies named Hamim: U.S. records list 6 babies given the name Hamim from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Hamim Mean?
Hamim is an Arabic male name meaning 'close friend' or 'confidant.' It comes from the Arabic word ḥamīm (حَمِيم), formed from the root ح م م, whose basic sense is heat or warmth. In Arabic, ḥamīm can denote a close friend or close relative, and it also denotes hot or scalding water. The name is conventionally understood through the personal sense; 'hot water' is a literal meaning of the same word, not the usual gloss for the name.
Hamim Name History & Origins
Hamim is a given name of Arabic origin. It belongs to the large class of Arabic names formed from ordinary vocabulary. The word ḥamīm appears in the Quran as a common noun, not as the name of a Quranic figure; the passages use it for a close friend and for scalding water. That scriptural use shows the word in classical Arabic, but it does not establish when Hamim was first used as a personal name.
The name is used in Arabic-speaking countries and by some Muslim families elsewhere. English spellings vary because the Arabic letters are not represented one-to-one in the Latin alphabet: Hamim and Hameem occur, while the scholarly transliteration is Hamīm, showing the long vowel. The form Hamim is a plain transliteration without diacritics. It is not a variant of Hamid, which comes from a different Arabic root meaning 'praise.'
How Popular is the Name Hamim?
Hamim has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #11,202 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #11,202 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Hamim Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You attract success and money. You are a lover of nature and do not need others for your happiness. You are self sufficient. You strive for material success and power and have business sense. You possess strong organizational abilities, can be a good manager, and executive by nature. You are capable of great achievement in business and finance. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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