Naim (also spelled Na'im, Nayeem, Naeem, Naiem, Nahim, Naheem, Nyhiem, Nihiem, Nyheim, Niheem, Nahiem or Nyiem) (, ) is a male given name and a surname.

Persons with the name

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (; 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 University School of Law, associated professor ...

(born 1946), Sudanese lawyer and writer * Armon Ben-Naim (born 1990), Israeli football player * C. M. Naim (born 1936), American writer * Hussein Naeem (1987–2007), Lebanese football player * Mohammad Naeem (disambiguation), several people *

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. Naím was the editor-in-chief of ''Foreign Policy'' magazine for 14 years (1996-2010). Sinc ...

(born 1952), Venezuelan writer * Omar Naim (born 1977), Lebanese film director and screenwriter * Ra'anan Naim (1935-2009), Israeli politician *

Yael Naim Yael Naim (; 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 Inc., Apple in an advertising campaign for its MacBook Air. The song peaked at N ...

(born 1978), Israeli singer *

Yuval Naim Yuval Naim (; born 22 November 1967) is an Israeli football manager and former player. Playing career Yuval Naim grew up and played as a centre back in the youth academy of Hapoel Ramat Gan and in the mid-80's he was selected to the senior squa ...

(born 1967), Israeli former football player and manager * Yuval Naimy (born 1985), Israeli basketball player * Nabiul Islam Nayeem, Bangladeshi cricketer *

Syed Nayeemuddin Syed Nayeemuddin (born 1944), known as Nayeem, is an Indian football coach and former player. He played for and captained the India national team.

(born 1944), captain and later coach of the

India national football team The India national football team represents India in men's international Association football, football and is governed by the All India Football Federation, the governing body for Football in India, football in India. It is a member of FIFA, ...

* Mohammed Nayeemuddin (died 2016), Gangster and Naxal leader *

Naim ibn Hammad Abū ‘Abd Allāh Nu‘aym bin Ḥammād al-Khuzā‘ī al-Marwazī (; 13 Jumada al-Awwal 228 AH / 18 February 843 CE in Samarra) was a traditionist from Marw al-Rudh and was later based in Egypt and Baghdad. He was nicknamed Farid or Faradi due ...

(died 843 AD),

Hadith Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

collector * Naeem Ahmed (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer * Na'im Akbar (born 1944), American psychologist * Naïm Aarab (born 1988), Belgian football player *

Naim Araidi Naim Araidi (, ; April 2, 1950 – October 2, 2015) was an Israeli Druze academic, Israeli Ambassador to Norway, and writer known for his poems in both Hebrew and Arabic. Education Araidi was born in Maghar, Israel and completed his elementary sc ...

(1950–2015), Israeli writer * Naim Ateek (born 1937), Palestinian priest * Naim Attallah (1931-2021), Palestinian businessman * Naeem Ashraf (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer * Naim Bey (1872–1934), Ottoman bureaucrat * Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), Pakistani television host and lawyer * Naim Dangoor (1914–2015), British businessman * Naim Farouqi (born 1960), Afghan detainee *

Naim Frashëri Naim bey Frashëri, more commonly Naim Frashëri (; ; 25 May 184620 October 1900), was an Albanian historian, journalist, poet, translator, and one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian National Awakening. Regarded as a pioneer of moder ...

(1846–1900), Albanian romantic poet * Naim Frashëri (actor) (1923–1975), Albanian actor * Naeem Hashmi (1914–1976), Pakistani film actor *

Naeem Issa Naeem Issa (; 6 January 1933 – 5 May 2025) was an Egyptian film, television and stage actor. Life and career Issa was born on 6 January 1933, in the Gamaleya neighborhood in Cairo. He was a worker in the theaters of cultural palaces in Ale ...

(1933–2025), Egyptian actor *

Na'im ibn Musa Na‘īm ibn Mūsā () was a mathematician of the Islamic Golden Age and a pupil of Thabit Ibn Qurra. Na'im was from Baghdad and lived in the second half of the 9th century. He was the son of Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir, the oldest of th ...

, Iraqi mathematician * Na'eem Jeenah (born 1965), South African political activist * Naïm Kattan (1928-2021), Jewish Iraqi-born Canadian writer * Naim Khader (1939–1981), Palestinian Fatah member * Naeem Khan (born 1958), American fashion designer * Niam Kuchi (born 1940), Afghan detainee *

Naim Krieziu Naim Kryeziu (4 January 1918 – 20 March 2010) was a Kosovo Albanian football player who played as a right winger He is most remembered for the fame he achieved while playing in Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. Club career Born in Gjakova, Republic ...

(1918–2010), Albanian football player *

Naim Maloku Naim Maloku () (born February 17, 1958, in Labljane, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Kosovar Albanian politician and former officer of the Kosovo Liberation Army and deputy officer of the Kosovo Liberation Army in Reka Keqe.He is a member of the Assembly of ...

(born 1958), Kosovar politician * Naeem Murr (born 1965), British novelist *

Naim Popal Naim Popal (Pashto/Dari: ) (born 18 June 1954) is an Afghan singer, songwriter, and composer. In 2006, Popal returned to perform for a New Year concert in Afghanistan after 30 years in exile. Biography Naim Popal was born on 18 June 1954, into ...

(born 1954), Afghan musician * Naeim Saadavi (born 1969), Iranian football player and coach *

Naim Süleymanoğlu Naim Süleymanoğlu (; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) was a Bulgarian Turks, Turkish Olympic weightlifting, Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting Championships, World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Lis ...

(1967–2017), Turkish weightlifter *

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 graduatin ...

(1919–1998), Turkish politician and Prime Minister * Naim Terbunja (born 1984), Swedish boxer * Naimuddin (1832-1907), Bengali writer and scholar *

Naeem Wardak Mohammad Naeem Wardak (; born 1985) is a senior member of the Afghan Taliban and the country's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime since 27 January 2025. He also previously served as head of the ...

. (born 1985), Afghan Taliban spokesperson * Nayeem (actor) (born 1970), Bangladeshi film actor of the 1990s * Mohammad Nayeem Hasan (born 2000), Bangladeshi cricketer * Gilaman Wazir (real name Hazrat Naeem; 1992-2024), Afghan Pashto poet {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic-language masculine given names Bosniak masculine given names Hebrew masculine given names Surnames of Jewish origin Turkish masculine given names Masculine given names