Nizam (name)

For other uses, see Nizam.

Nizam or Nezam is both a given name and a surname. It is derived from the Arabic word نِظَام niẓām, meaning "order, system", often by way of Persian. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Nizam Bai (before 1631–1692), Mughal queen
• Khwaja Nizam ad Din, Pakistani Sufi
• Nezam Hafiz (1969–2001), Guyanese-born American cricketer
• Hairul Nizam Hanif (born 1979), Malaysian footballer
• Sikandar Lodi (died 1517), born Nizam Kahn, Sultan of Delhi
• Saiful Nizam Miswan (born 1981), Malaysian footballer
• Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk (died 1149 or 1150), Persian vizier
• Nizam al-Mulk (1018–1092), Persian scholar and vizier
• Tuan Nizam Muthaliff (1966–2005), Sri Lankan military intelligence officer
• Nizam al-Din Nishapuri (died 1328 or 1329), Persian mathematician and poet
• Nazim Pasha (1848–1913), Chief of Staff of the Army of the Ottoman Empire
• Nizam Peerwani, American medical examiner
• Burhan Nizam Shah I (c. 1503 – 1553), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
• Burhan Nizam Shah II (died 1595), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
• Hussain Nizam Shah I (born 1555; unknown death date), ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
• Murtaza Nizam Shah III, Sultan of Ahmadnagar
• Nizam al-Din Yahya (c. 1417 – 1480), the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan

Surname

• Ahmed Nizam (born 1986), Indian cricketer
• Khairul Nizam (born 1991), Singaporean footballer
• Mohamed Nizam (born 1974), Maldivian footballer
• Musa Nizam (born 1990), Turkish footballer
• Naem Nizam, Bangladeshi newspaper editor
• Sarwar Jahan Nizam (born 1952), Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy
• Sheen Kaaf Nizam (born 1947), Urdu poet
• Zaiful Nizam (born 1987), Singaporean footballer