Nazim (also spelled Nezim, Nadhem, Nadhim, Nathum or Nazem; ar, ناظم or tr, Nazım) is an Arabic masculine given name. The pronunciation of the Arabic letter

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is often closer to a strong "d" sound; thus, the name's pronunciation differs based on the spoken

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and consequently in its transcription. The meaning of the name Nazim in Arabic is ''poet'' or ''author''.

Nazim

* Nazim Pasha, Chief of Staff of the Army of the Ottoman Empire during the First Balkan War * Nazim Burke, politician from the island of Grenada *

Nazim al-Kudsi Nazim al-Qudsi ( ar, ناظم القدسي, Nāẓim al-Qudsī or Nadhim Al-Kudisi; 14 February 1906 – 6 February 1998), was a Syrian politician who served as President of Syria from 14 December 1961 to 8 March 1963. Early life and education ...

(1906 – 1998), Syrian President *

Nazim al-Qubrusi Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil Al-Qubrusi Al-Haqqani (qaddas Allahu sirruhu) (born Mehmet Nâzım Âdil; 21 April 1922 – 7 May 2014) ( tr, Şeyh Muhammed Nâzım Âdil El-Kıbrısî Hakkanî), commonly known as Shaykh Nazim ( tr, Şeyh Nâzım ...

(1922- 2014), Cypriot-born leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufi Order *

Nazim Aliyev Nazim Aliyev (born 5 April 1963) is Azerbaijani former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is the all time topscorer of the Azerbaijan Premier League. He obtained one cap for the national team in 1993. Aliyev began playing foot ...

(born 1963), Azerbaijani footballer *

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was ...

Ran (1902 – 1963), Turkish poet, playwright, novelist and memoirist * Nazim Huseynov (born 1969), Azerbaijani judoka * Nazim Khaled, French songwriter and record producer *

Nazim Panipati Nazim Panipati (1920 – 18 June 1998) was a film song lyricist and a film script writer of Indian and Pakistani film Industry during the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in 1920 in Lahore. He was a brother of filmmaker ''Mohammad Walli'' (k ...

(1920 - 1998), lyricist, film writer and copywriter of Indian and Pakistani films * Nazim Shirazi, Bangaldesi-American cricketer * Nazim Hussain Siddiqui (born 1940), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan *

Nazim Suleymanov Nazim Suleymanov ( az, Nazim Süleymanov; russian: Назим Сулейманов; born 17 February 1965) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani football coach and a former player best known as a striker for Alania Vladikavkaz in the 1990s. Suleymanov was ...

(born 1965), Azerbaijani footballer

Nazım

* Nazım Ekren (born 1956), Turkish politician *

Nazım Sangaré Nazım Sangaré (born 30 May 1994) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Fatih Karagümrük. International career Sangaré was born in Germany to a Turkish mother from Eskişehir and a father from Guinea. He was ca ...

, Turkish footballer

Nazem

* Nazem Akkari (1902–1985), Lebanese politician *

Nazem Ganjapour Nazem Ganjapour ( fa, ناظم گنجاپور, March22, 1943February21, 2013) was an Iranian football player. In the last match of Shahin against Tehranjavan, he scored a hat trick. After this he joined Persepolis. Later, he was a scout and coac ...

(born 1943), Iranian footballer *

Nazem Al-Ghazali Nazem al-Ghazali ( ar, ناظم الغزالي, given name also spelled ''Nazim'', ''Nadhim'', ''Nadhem'' or ''Nathem'') (1921 – 23 October 1963) was one of the most popular singers in the history of Iraq and his songs are still heard by man ...

(1921–1963), Iraqi singer *

Nazem al-Jaafari Nazem al-Jaafari ( ar, ناظم الجعفري) (born 1918 in Damascus, Syria – 2015) was considered the founder of impressionism in Syria. Al-Jaafari studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts In European academic traditions, fine art is develo ...

(born 1918), Syrian artist *

Nazem Kadri Nazem Kadri (born October 6, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs seventh overall in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He played his juni ...

(born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Nazem Sayadi, Lebanese footballer

Nazeem

* Nazeem Bartman, South African footballer *

Nazeem Hussain Nazeem Hussain (born 21 April 1985) is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known as creator and star of two television comedy shows, ''Legally Brown'' (2013-14) and ''Orange Is the New Brown'' (2018). His ...

, Australian comedian and actor

Nadhem

* Nadhem Abdullah, Iraqi murdered during the Occupation of Iraq

Nadhim

* Nadhim Kzar, administrator, politician, head of the Iraqi Directorate of General Security * Nadhim Shaker, Iraqi footballer *

Nadhim Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi ( ar, ناظم الزهاوي, translit=Nāẓim az-Zahāwī; ku, نەدیم زەهاوی, translit=Nedîm Zehawî; born 2 June 1967) is an Iraqi-born British politician serving as Chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister ...

, British politician

Nadhum

* Nadhum Shaker, Iraqi footballer and coach

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