Asem

Asim

Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈʕaː.sˁɪm] Turkish: [ˈɑseem] Bosnian: [ǎːsim]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic, Turkish
Origin
Meaning	protector, guardian, defender
Other names
Alternative spelling	Asem, Aseem

Asim (also spelled Aseem, Asim, Aseem Arabic: عاصم ‘āṣim) is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "protector, guardian, defender." This same word also means "a word, a message" in Akan, spoken by Akans and by inhabitants of Suriname. Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent." It is not related to the Indian given name Asim.

Given name

• Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant
• Asım Akin, Turkish physician
• Abu Asim Azmi, Indian politician
• Asım Orhan Barut, Turkish-American theoretical physicist
• Asim Brkan, Bosnian singer, musician and artist
• Asim Ferhatović, Bosnian footballer
• Asim Sarajlić, Bosnian politician
• Asim Peco, Bosnian linguist
• Asim Kurjak, Bosnian scientist
• Asım Can Gündüz, Turkish rock and blues guitarist
• Asım Güzelbey, Turkish politician
• Assem Hammoud, Lebanese alleged Al Qaeda operative
• Assem Jaber, Lebanese diplomat
• Assem Jarrah, great-uncle or distant cousin of Ziad Jarrah
• Asim Kamal, Pakistan Test cricketer
• Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi, Palestinian political writer
• Prince Asem bin Al Nayef, Jordanian prince
• Assem Qanso, Lebanese politician
• Asim Saeed, Emirati cricketer
• Asem Tasbulatova, Kazakh singer

Surname

• Akram Assem, Afghan historian
• Princess Nejla bint Asem, Jordanian princess
• Princess Sana Asem, Jordanian princess

See also

• Asia–Europe Meeting

External links

• Asim Name Meaning at thinkbabynames
• Asim Name Meaning at my-baby-names
• Kazakh Adoptive Families: Names found in Kazakhstan