Asem (also spelled Aasem, Assem, Asim, Aasim, Assim ') is a male given name of

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

origin, which means "savior, protector, guardian, defender." Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent." It is not related to the Indian given name Asim.

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* Asim ibn Omar, famous

Tabi'un The tābiʿūn (, also accusative or genitive tābiʿīn , singular ''tābiʿ'' ), "followers" or "successors", are the generation of Muslims who followed the companions (''ṣaḥāba'') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and thus received their ...

and Early Hadith scholar. * Umm Asim bint Asim, was the mother of Umayyad caliph

Umar II Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (; February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 until his death in 720. He is credited to have instituted significant reforms to the Umayyad central government, by making it much more efficient and ...

(r. 717–720) and wife of

Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (; died 12 May 705) was the Umayyad governor and ''de facto'' viceroy of Egypt between 685 and his death. He was appointed by his father, Caliph Marwan I (). Abd al-Aziz's reign was marked by stability and prosp ...

. * Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant *

Asım Akin Asım Akin (born 1940 in Istanbul) is a Turkish physician.Masonlara yeni Büyük Üstat

(born 1940), Turkish physician *

Abu Asim Azmi Abu Asim Azmi (born 8 August 1955) is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Constituency, Mumbai. He belongs to the Samajwadi Party. He is the President of the Maharashtra state branch of ...

(born 1955), Indian politician * Asım Orhan Barut (1926-1994), Turkish-American theoretical physicist * Asim Brkan (born 1954), Bosnian singer, musician and artist *

Asim Ferhatović Asim Ferhatović "Hase" (; 24 January 1933 – 23 January 1987) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his football career in 1948 with hometown club FK Sarajevo, for whom he made his first-team debut in 1952. ...

(1933-1987), Bosnian footballer * Asim Sarajlić (born 1975), Bosnian politician * Asim Peco (1927-2011), Bosnian linguist * Asim Kurjak (born 1942), Bosnian scientist *

Asım Can Gündüz Asım Can Gündüz (August 15, 1955 – June 24, 2016) was a Turkish rock and blues guitarist. He was also known as ''Awesome John'', especially outside Turkey, partly because his name is pronounced very much like Awesome (''Asım'') John (''Can'' ...

(1955-2016), Turkish rock and blues guitarist *

Asım Güzelbey Asım Güzelbey, (born 1951, Gaziantep, Turkey) is a Turkish politician of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and a former mayor of Gaziantep (2004-2014). Asım Güzelbey is a surgeon by profession. He graduated in medicine. From 1974- ...

(born 1951), Turkish politician * Assem Hammoud, Lebanese alleged Al Qaeda operative * Assem Jaber (born 1946), Lebanese diplomat * Assem Jarrah (born 1962), great-uncle or distant cousin of Ziad Jarrah *

Assem Marei Assem Ahmed Marei (Arabic: عاصم مرعي) is an Egyptian professional basketball player for Al Ahli Tripoli of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He also represents the senior Egyptian national team internationally. Marei first played for ...

(born 1992), Egyptian basketball player *

Asim Kamal Asim Kamal (born 31 May 1976) is a Pakistani former cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch ...

(born 1976), Pakistan Test cricketer *

Asim Khan (cricketer) Asim Khan (; 14 February 1962 – 25 September 2024) was a Pakistani-born Dutch cricketer. He played 51 times for The Netherlands between 1994 and 2002, including two ICC Trophy tournaments in 1997 and 2001. In the first of those two tournamen ...

(1962-2024), Pakistani-born Dutch cricketer *

Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi Abu or ABU may refer to: Aviation * Airman Battle Uniform, a utility uniform of the United States Air Force * IATA airport code for A. A. Bere Tallo Airport in Atambua, Province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia People * Abu (Arabic term), a ku ...

(born 1959), Palestinian political writer *

Prince Asem bin Al Nayef Prince Asem bin Nayef (; born 27 April 1948) is the son of Prince Nayef bin Abdullah (a younger son of Abdullah I of Jordan) and Princess Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Şehzade Ziyaeddin), Mihrimah Sultan (granddaughter of Sultan Mehmed V of the ...

(born 1948), Jordanian prince *

Asım Pars Asım Pars (born Asim Paščanović; 1 April 1976 – 23 September 2024) was a Turkish professional basketball player. He stood 2.13 m tall and played as a center. He had a dual citizenship, Turkish and Bosnian. Personal life and death Durin ...

(1976-2024), Bosnian-Turkish basketball player *

Assem Qanso Assem Muhammad Qanso (, born 1937) is a Lebanese politician. He is a former leader of the Lebanese Ba'ath Party. Political career Qanso joined the Lebanese Ba'ath in 1953. During the Lebanese war, the Lebanese Ba'ath was divided into two host ...

(born 1937), Lebanese politician *

Asim Saeed Asim Saeed (born 5 October 1979) is a cricketer who played for the United Arab Emirates national cricket team. He played for them in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 versions of the ICC Trophy, as well as in one first-class game in the 2004 ICC Interc ...

(born 1979), Emirati cricketer *

Asem Tasbulatova ''SuperStar KZ'' is a reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol, which aired from 2003 to 2007 on the Kazakh television channel " Eurazıa Birinşi arnasy". The talent contest determined the best young singers in Kazakhst ...

, Kazakh singer *

Asim Azhar Asim Azhar (; born 29 October 1996) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, musician and an actor. He started his career as a singer on YouTube, covering contemporary Western songs before he became a public figure. Career Asim Azhar was born on ...

(born 1996), Pakistani Singer * Assim Al-Hakeem (born 1962), Islamic scholar

Surname

Princess Nejla bint Asem Princess Nejla bint Asem (born 9 May 1988) is the daughter of Prince Asem bin Nayef and Princess Sana Asem. Princess Nejla bint Asem established a business as a jewellery designer. Siblings Siblings * Prince Nayef ben Asem (born 22 Januar ...

, Jordanian princess *

Princess Sana Asem Princess Sana'a Asem (née Sana Kalimat; born 16 November 1960) is a Jordanian princess due to her marriage to Prince Asim bin Nayef and she has Circassian origin. She is the daughter of Adnan Mawloud Kalimat (d. on 12 September 2019), leade ...

, Jordanian princess

External links

Asim Name Meaning at thinkbabynames

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