| Pronunciation | /ˈnɑːʔiːm/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic, Hebrew |
| Meaning | In Arabic: Happiness and comfort In Hebrew: Pleasant |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Noam, Naamah, Naomi, Naima, Hasan |
Naim (also spelled Na'im, Naeem, Naeim, Naiem, Naím, Nahim, Naïm, Naheim, Noaim, Nayeem or Nuaim) (Arabic: نعیم, Hebrew: נעים) is a male given name and surname. Notable persons with the name include:
Persons with the given name
- Naim ibn Hammad (died 843 AD), Hadith collector
- Naeem Ahmed (born 1952), Pakistani cricketer
- Na'im Akbar (born 1944), American psychologist
- Naïm Aarab (born 1988), Belgian football player
- Naim Araidi (1950–2015), Israeli writer
- Naim Ateek (born 1937), Palestinian priest
- Naim Attallah (born 1931), Palestinian businessman
- Naeem Ashraf (born 1972), Pakistani cricketer
- Naim Bey (1872–1934), Ottoman bureaucrat
- Naeem Bokhari (born 1948), Pakistani television host and lawyer
- Naim Dangoor (1914–2015), British businessman
- Naim Farouqi (born 1960), Afghan detainee
- Naim Frashëri (1846–1900), Albanian romantic poet
- Naim Frashëri (actor) (1923–1975), Albanian actor
- Naeem Hashmi (died 1976), Pakistani film actor
- Na'im ibn Musa, Iraqi mathematician
- Na'eem Jeenah (born 1965), South African political activist
- Naeem Khan (born 1958), American fashion designer
- Naïm Kattan (born 1928), Jewish Iraqi-born Canadian writer
- Niam Kuchi (born 1940), Afghan detainee
- Naim Krieziu (1918–2010), Albanian football player
- Naim Maloku (born 1958), Kosovar politician
- Naeem Murr (born 1965), British novelist
- Naim Popal (born 1954), Afghan musician
- Naeim Saadavi (born 1969), Iranian football player and coach
- Naim Süleymanoğlu (1967–2017), Turkish weightlifter
- Naim Talu (1919–1998), Turkish politician and Prime Minister
- Naim Terbunja (born 1984), Swedish boxer
- Naeem Hanif (born 1989), Billionaire Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
- Naim Name (born in 1991), Brazilian lawyer
Persons with the surname
- Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946), Sudanese lawyer and writer
- Armon Ben-Naim (born 1990), Israeli football player
- C. M. Naim (born 1936), American writer
- Hussein Naeem (1987–2007), Lebanese football player
- Mohammad Naeem (disambiguation), several people
- Moisés Naím (born 1952), Venezuelan writer
- Omar Naim (born 1977), Lebanese film director and screenwriter
- Ra'anan Naim (born 1935), Israeli politician
- Yael Naim (born 1978), Israeli singer
- Yuval Naim (born 1967), Israeli former football player and manager
- Yuval Naimy (born 1985), Israeli basketball player