Given name & surname
Kasim
“one who is divided”
Kasim is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is divided.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is divided.”
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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kasim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 817
- 817 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #5,721 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,721 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 938 as a first name in 2020; 557 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kasim’s family of names
Kasim has a related form in Qasim. Kasim has a related form in Kassim. Kasim has a related form in Kaseem.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kasim
- Kasim ReedAmerican politician and former mayor of Atlanta, Georgiaborn 1969
- Abu al-Qasim al-ShatibiIslamic scholar1144–1194
- Kasim SultonAmerican musicianborn 1955
- Kasim EdebaliGerman player of American footballborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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