Given name
Aseem
“a protector or guardian”
Aseem is a variant of Asim. One Arabic interpretation is “a protector or guardian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aseem is a variant of Asim. One Arabic interpretation is “a protector or guardian.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aseem is a variant of Asim. An origin associated with Asim is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Hindi असीम (“boundless, infinite”), built from Hindi अ- (“un-, not”) + सीम (“limit”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aseem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 189 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,986 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,986 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 440 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aseem’s family of names
Aseem has a related form in Asim. In English usage, Aseem has a related form in Azeem. In English usage, Aseem was borrowed from the Hindi form असीम.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aseem
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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