Given name & surname
Hisham
“a generous man”
Hisham is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a generous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hisham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 926
- 926 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,308 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,308 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,769 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.
Hisham’s family of names
Hisham has a related form in Hishem. Hisham has a related form in Hysham. Hisham has a related form in Hyshem.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hisham
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Maliktenth Umayyad caliph691–743
- Hisham I of CórdobaEmir of Córdoba from 788 to 796757–796
- Hisham II of Córdobaruler of Córdoba (r. 976–1009) (1010–1013)965–1013
- Hesham QandilPrime Minister of Egypt from 2012 to 2013born 1962
- Hisham ibn al-KalbiArab historian (737–819)
- Hisham III of Córdobalast Umayyad ruler in the Al-Andalus (1026-1031)973–1036
- Hesham MesbahEgyptian judokaborn 1982
- Hisham AbbasSaudi Singerborn 1963
- Hisham MatarAmerican writerborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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