Given name & surname · also Turkish
Rasim
Rasim is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish and Azerbaijani.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rasim comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish راسم (Râsim), from Arabic رَاسِم; its root is Arabic ر س م.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rasim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 7 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 7 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 446 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.
Rasim’s family of names
In Greek usage, Rasim is a transliteration of Ρασήμ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rasim
- Rasim DelićBosnian general (1949–2010)
- Rasim BalayevAzerbaijani actor (1948–2026)
- Rasim ÖztekinTurkish actor (1959–2021)
- Rasim LjajićSerbian politicianborn 1964
- Rasim OjagovAzerbaijani film director (1933–2006)
- Rasim RamaldanovAzerbaijani footballerborn 1986
- Rasim TagirbekovRussian footballerborn 1984
- Rasim BaşakTurkish basketball player (born 1980)
- Rasim KaraTurkish association football player and manager (born 1950)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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