Given name · Persian · Urdu
نسیم
“as refreshing as a breeze”
نسیم (nasīm) is a unisex given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Urdu and Persian.
Persian and UrduWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Nasim.
Meaning & origin
What it means
نسیم is Nasim written in Arabic script. One Arabic interpretation is “as refreshing as a breeze.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
نسیم comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Classical Persian نَسِیم, from Arabic نَسِيم, from Arabic ن س م.
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The story
First recorded c.
نسیم’s family of names
In Persian usage, نسیم can be written in the Roman alphabet as Nasim. In Urdu usage, نسیم can be written in the Roman alphabet as nasīm.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
نسیم has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named نسیم
- Nassim Nicholas TalebLebanese-American mathematical statistician, option trader, risk analyst and author (born 1960)
- Nassim Ben KhalifaSwiss association football playerborn 1992
- Nassim BoujellabGerman/Moroccan association football playerborn 1999
- Nassim AkrourAlgerian and French footballerborn 1974
- Nassim HnidTunisian association football playerborn 1997
- Nassim LyesFrench actorborn 1988
- Nassim Bounekdjaassociation football player from Algeriaborn 1973
- Nassim Bouchemafootballerborn 1988
- Nassim HamlaouiAlgerian footballerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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