Naim (also spelled Na'im, Nayeem, Naeem, Naiem, Nahim, Naheem, Nyhiem, Nihiem, Nyheim, Niheem, or Nahiem) ( ar, نعیم, he, נעים) is a male given name and surname.
Notable persons with the name include:
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Naim ibn Hammad (died 843 AD),
Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval ...
collector
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Naeem Ahmed (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer
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Na'im Akbar (born 1944), American psychologist
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Naïm Aarab (born 1988), Belgian football player
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Naim Araidi (1950–2015), Israeli writer
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Naim Ateek
Naim Stifan Ateek ( ar, نعيم عتيق, Na`īm `Ateeq) (born in the Palestinian village of Beisan in 1937) is a Palestinian priest in the Anglican Communion and founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. He has be ...
(born 1937), Palestinian priest
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Naim Attallah (born 1931), Palestinian businessman
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Naeem Ashraf (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer
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Naim Bey (1872–1934), Ottoman bureaucrat
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Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), Pakistani television host and lawyer
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Naim Dangoor (1914–2015), British businessman
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Naim Farouqi (born 1960), Afghan detainee
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Naim Frashëri
Naim bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri (; ; 25 May 184620 October 1900), was an Albanian historian, journalist, poet, rilindas and translator who was proclaimed as the national poet of Albania. He is regarded as the pioneer of moder ...
(1846–1900), Albanian romantic poet
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Naim Frashëri (actor) (1923–1975), Albanian actor
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Naeem Hashmi
Naeem Hashmi (died 27 April 1976) was a Pakistani film, television and stage actor, writer, poet, producer, and director. He was known for his roles as a villain in the late 1940s and 1950s, but he later took character roles in over 100 films. (died 1976), Pakistani film actor
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Na'im ibn Musa, Iraqi mathematician
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Na'eem Jeenah (born 1965), South African political activist
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Naeem Khan (born 1958), American fashion designer
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Naïm Kattan (born 1928), Jewish Iraqi-born Canadian writer
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Niam Kuchi (born 1940), Afghan detainee
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Naim Krieziu
Naim Kryeziu (4 January 1918 – 20 March 2010) was an Kosovo Albanian football player famous in Italy in the 1940s and 1950s.
Club career
Born in Gjakova, Republic of Kosovo, Kryeziu was a particularly quick right winger able to run 100 m in ...
(1918–2010), Albanian football player
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Naim Maloku (born 1958), Kosovar politician
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Naeem Murr
Naeem Murr (born March 1965) is a British-born novelist and short story writer of Lebanese descent. He is the author of three novels acclaimed for their dark portraiture and stark, original prose. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife, poet ...
(born 1965), British novelist
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Naim Popal (born 1954), Afghan musician
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Naeim Saadavi (born 1969), Iranian football player and coach
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Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967–2017), Turkish weightlifter
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Naim Talu
Mehmet Naim Talu (22 July 1919 – 15 May 1998) was a Turkish economist, banker, politician and former Prime Minister of Turkey.
Biography
Naim Talu was born in Istanbul in 1919. He was educated at Kabataş Erkek Lisesi. After graduating ...
(1919–1998), Turkish politician and Prime Minister
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Naim Terbunja (born 1984), Swedish boxer
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Naimuddin
Muhammad Naimuddin ( bn, মোহাম্মদ নইমুদ্দীন; 1832 - 1907/1916) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, writer and journalist. He was the chief editor of the Akhbare Islamia.
Early life and education
Naimuddin was born ...
(1832-1907), Bengali writer and scholar
*Naeem Hanif (born 1989), Billionaire Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
*Naim Name (born in 1991), Brazilian lawyer
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Naeem Wardak. (born 1985), Afghan Taliban spokesperson
Persons with the surname
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Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im ( ar, عبد الله أحمد النعيم; born in 1946) is a Sudanese-born Islamic scholar who lives in the United States and teaches at Emory University. He is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory Un ...
(born 1946), Sudanese lawyer and writer
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Armon Ben-Naim
Armon Ben-Naim ( he, ארמון בן-נעים; born 6 February 1990) is an Israeli professional association football player and current under-19 international.
Biography
Playing career
Ben-Naim made his league debut in a Liga Leumit match ...
(born 1990), Israeli football player
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C. M. Naim (born 1936), American writer
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Hussein Naeem
Hussain Hassan Naeem ( ar, حسين حسن نعيم; 19 March 1987 – 13 June 2007) was Lebanese footballer who played as a forward. He was killed by a car bomb, alongside other victims, in an assassination attempt on Lebanese politician Walid ...
(1987–2007), Lebanese football player
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Mohammad Naeem (disambiguation) Mohammad Naeem may refer to one of the following people:
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* Mohammad Naeem (cricketer, born 1959), Pakistani cricketer for Income Tax Department and Lahore City
* Mohammad Naeem (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer for Abbottabad an ...
, several people
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Moisés Naím
Moisés Naím (born July 5, 1952) is a Venezuelan journalist and writer. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 2013, the British magazine ''Prospect'' listed Naím as one of the world's leading thinke ...
(born 1952), Venezuelan writer
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Omar Naim
Omar Naim ( ar, عمر نعيم; born 27 September 1977) is a Lebanese film director and screenwriter best known for writing and directing the 2004 film '' The Final Cut''.
Life and career Early life and education
Omar Naim was born in Jord ...
(born 1977), Lebanese film director and screenwriter
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Ra'anan Naim (born 1935), Israeli politician
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Yael Naim
Yael Naim ( he, יעל נעים, born 6 February 1978) is a French-born Israeli singer and actress. She rose to fame in 2008 in the US after her hit single "New Soul" was used by Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The song p ...
(born 1978), Israeli singer
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Yuval Naim (born 1967), Israeli former football player and manager
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Yuval Naimy (born 1985), Israeli basketball player
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