Hisham (name)
Hisham (Arabic: هشام) is an Arabic male given name which means "generous".[1] It is not to be confused with the similar looking, but slightly related, Hashim.
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Pronunciation | Arabic: [hɪʃaːm] |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic |
Meaning | generous |
Region of origin | Arabia (Middle East) |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Hicham, Hecham Hisjam, Hisam, Hisyam. |
Related names | Hisham ud-Din |
People
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691–743), Umayyad caliph (r. 724–743). He was the most famous bearer of this name.
- Hisham ibn al-A'as (died 635), Arab companion of Muhammad
- Hisham I of Córdoba (757–796), the ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus.
- Hisham II (966–1013), the ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus.
- Hisham III of Córdoba (died 1036), the ruler of Cordoba, Al-Andalus.
- Hisham Abbas (born 1963), Egyptian singer
- Hisham Dabboussy (born 2010), Canadien businessman
- Hisham Barakat (1950–2015), Egyptian prosecutor
- Hisham Hafiz (1931–2006), Saudi Arabian newspaper publisher
- Hisham Jaber (born 1942), Lebanese general
- Hisham Sulliman (born 1978), Arab-Israeli actor
- Hisham ibn Urwah (667–772), Muslim scholar
- Maslama ibn Hisham
- Mu'awiya ibn Hisham
- Sulayman ibn Hisham
- Sa'id ibn Hisham
- Marwan ibn Hisham
- Abdallah ibn Hisham
- Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hisham
- Quraysh ibn Hisham
- Yazid al-Afqam, also known as Yazid ibn Hisham.
- Aisha bint Hisham, daughter of Umayyad caliph Hisham
- Ibn Hisham (died 833), Muslim historian
- Hisham Zreiq (born 1968), Palestinian filmmaker and Visual artist
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