Origin: Arabic قاسم
Meaning: “one who distributes; one who shares.”
Gender: Masculine
(KAH-seem)
The name is derived from the Arabic root Q-S-M قسم (qasama) “to share or to divide.” The name was borne by one of the infant sons of the Prophet Muhammed, Qasim ibn Muhammed (d. 605).
In the UK, the name appeared in the Top 500 between 1996 and 2005 and peaked at #318 in 1997.
Other forms of the name include:
- Gasim/Qasım (Azeri)
- Qaasim (Somalian)
- Qasem/Qassem (Persian)
- Kassem (Lebanese)
- Kasım (Turkish)
Other transliterations from the Arabic include: Quasim, Casim, Cassim, Kacem, Kasem, Kassem, Kassim, Qasem, Kasim, Qassim, Ghasem, Kassam, Kaseem, Kasseem, Qaseem, and Kasim.
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