MEANING & HISTORY
What does Hakim mean?
Hakim represents Arabic Ḥakīm, wise, in the consulted name account. It is connected with a root concerning judgement and deciding.
The related form al-Hakim appears among divine names in Islamic tradition, supplying an important religious association. Roman letters can conceal differences in Arabic spelling and vowel length, including words connected with ruling. The wise interpretation applies to this documented Ḥakīm account rather than automatically resolving every Arabic word that can be written Hakim in Latin letters.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.
A male given name from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Hakim in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Hakim
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Hashim·Arabic crusher or breaker, traditionally of crumbled bread
- Kim♂♀Short form of Kimberly, Kimberley or Kimball
- Halina♀Calm; Slavic form in the Galina family
- Hamham♂Repeated familiar form of Abraham
- Handum·To remember fondly; to yearn
- Hann·Short name associated chiefly with Johan or John
- Hanna♀Grace; a form of Hannah
- Hans♂German short form of Johannes
What rhymes with Hakim?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Hakim further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Hakim (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Hakim (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.