Given name & surname
Nazim
“of a soft breeze”
Nazim is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “of a soft breeze.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “of a soft breeze.”
Where it comes from
Nazim is a romanization of نازىم. نازىم comes from Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nazim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 251
- 251 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,321 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,321 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 803 as a first name in 2020; 196 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.
Nazim’s family of names
Nazim has a related form in Nazeem. Nazim has a related form in Nazeam. Nazim has a related form in Nazeim.
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Around the world
Nazim 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.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nazim
- Nazim al-Qudsi1st President of the Syrian Arab Republic1906–1998
- Nazim HuseynovAzerbaijani judokaborn 1969
- Nazim BabayevAzerbaijani athletics competitorborn 1997
- Nazım PashaOttoman Chief of Staff of the Ottoman Army during the First Balkan War of 1912–131848–1913
- Nazim SuleymanovAzerbaijani footballerborn 1965
- Nazim AliyevAzerbaijani footballer (born 1963)
- Nazim BaykishiyevAzerbaijani artist (1948-2025)
- Nazim BakırcıTurkish cyclist (born 1986)
- Nazem al-Ghazalisinger-songwriter1921–1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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