Gender Masculine
Usage Arabic, Malay
Scripts هشام(Arabic)
Pronounced Pron. /hi.ˈʃaːm/(Arabic)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Means "generous" in Arabic, ultimately from هشم (hashama) meaning "to crush". The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. This was the name of an 8th-century caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Related Names

VariantsHesham(Arabic) Hicham(Arabic (Maghrebi))

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Entry updated October 6, 2024