Given name · also Turkish
Nedim
Nedim is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Nedim comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish ندیم (Nedîm), from Arabic نَدِيم; its root is Arabic ن د م.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nedim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 84 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 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.
People named Nedim
- Nedim BajramiAlbanian-Swiss association football player (born 1999)
- Nedim RemiliFrench handball playerborn 1995
- Nedim GürselTurkish writer (born 1951)
- Nedim GünarTurkish association football player (1932–2011)
- Nedim BuzaBosnian basketball playerborn 1995
- Nedim HalilovićBosnian footballer (born 1979)
- Nedim ŞenerTurkish journalist (born 1966)
- Nedim KaleciTurkish association football player (1900–1981)
- Nedim DoğanTurkish association football player (born 1943)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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