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RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Hashim.

Arabic crusher or breaker, traditionally of crumbled bread

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Gender context
Not classified
Letters
6
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
Not verified
First letter
H
Sources
4

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Hashim mean?

Hashim is an Arabic name from a root meaning to crush or break. The traditional account links the nickname to an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad who crumbled bread to feed pilgrims.

That context makes the literal action more specific than a dramatic translation such as destroyer of enemies. The lexical root and the naming story support one another while remaining different kinds of explanation. They do not imply violence or a particular temperament in a modern bearer.

References for this explanation

  1. Behind the Name — Hashim ↗
  2. Wiktionary contributors — Hashim (English) ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

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

1

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

Hashim in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Hashim appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

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 Hashim

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What rhymes with Hashim?

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.

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Follow the sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Wiktionary contributors — Hashim (English) (opens in a new tab)

    Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.

  4. Behind the Name — Hashim (opens in a new tab)

    Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.