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 Armon Ben-Naim (; 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 The Israeli Liga Leumit (, Ha ...

(born 1990), Israeli football player * C. M. Naim (born 1936), American writer *

Hussein Naeem Hussain Hassan Naeem (; 19 March 1987 – 13 June 2007) was a 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 Eido. Career Naeem joine ...

(1987–2007), Lebanese football player *

Mohammad Naeem (disambiguation) Mohammad Naeem or Muhammad Naeem may refer to: Cricket * Mohammad Naeem (cricketer, born 1959), Pakistani cricketer for Income Tax Department and Lahore City * Mohammad Naeem (cricketer, born 1986), Pakistani cricketer for Abbottabad and the Ab ...

, 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 Omar Naim (; 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 Jordan to a Lebanese jo ...

(born 1977), Lebanese film director and screenwriter *

Ra'anan Naim Ra'anan Naim (; 31 December 1935 – 7 September 2009) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1981 to 1984. Biography Born in Benghazi in Libya in 1935, Naim made aliyah to Israel in 1949. He atten ...

(1935-2009), Israeli politician *Yael Naim (born 1978), Israeli singer *Yuval Naim (born 1967), Israeli former football player and manager *Yuval Naimy (born 1985), Israeli basketball player *Nabiul Islam Nayeem, Bangladeshi cricketer *Syed Nayeemuddin (born 1944), captain and later coach of the India national football team *Mohammed Nayeemuddin (died 2016), Gangster and Naxal leader *Naim ibn Hammad (died 843 AD), Hadith collector *Naeem Ahmed (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer *Na'im Akbar (born 1944), American psychologist *Naïm Aarab (born 1988), Belgian football player *Naim Araidi (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 (1846–1900), Albanian romantic poet *Naim Frashëri (actor) (1923–1975), Albanian actor *Naeem Hashmi (1914–1976), Pakistani film actor *Naeem Issa (1933–2025), Egyptian actor *Na'im ibn Musa, 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 (1918–2010), Albanian football player *Naim Maloku (born 1958), Kosovar politician *Naeem Murr (born 1965), British novelist *Naim Popal (born 1954), Afghan musician *Naeim Saadavi (born 1969), Iranian football player and coach *Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967–2017), Turkish weightlifter *Naim Talu (1919–1998), Turkish politician and Prime Minister *Naim Terbunja (born 1984), Swedish boxer *Naimuddin (1832-1907), Bengali writer and scholar *Naeem Wardak. (born 1985), Afghan Taliban spokesperson *Nayeem (actor) (born 1970), Bangladeshi film actor of the 1990s *Nayeem Hasan, 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