Given name & surname
Kazim
“an even-tempered man”
Kazim is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “an even-tempered man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “an even-tempered 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 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kazim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 167
- 167 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,322 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,322 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 421 as a first name in 2020; 323 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.
Kazim’s family of names
Kazim has a related form in Kazeem. Kazim has a related form in Kazeam. Kazim has a related form in Kazeim.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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 Kazim
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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