Abdul Hakim
Abdul Hakim is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, first name or surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Hakim. The name means "servant of the All-wise", Al-Hakīm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Hakim, Hakeem, or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
Notable persons with the name Abdul Hakim or variants include:
- Abdul Hakim Sialkoti, Punjabi Muslim scholar
- Abdul Hakim (poet), Bengali poet
- Abdul Hakim (politician), Bangladesh politician
- Abdul Hakim Sarkar, Bangladeshi professor and academician
- Abdul Hakeem (speaker), Speaker of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly.
- Abdulhakim Arvasi, Turkish Islamic scholar
- Abdel Hakim Amer, Egyptian soldier and politician
- Abdel Hakim Qasem, Egyptian novelist
- Abdul Hakim (footballer), Bangladeshi footballer
- Abdul Hakim Achmad Aituarauw, Indonesian politician and King of Kaimana
- Abdul Hakim Bukhary, Saudi held in Guantanamo
- Abdal Hakim Murad, name used by Timothy Winter, British Muslim scholar
- Abdelhakim Serrar, Algerian footballer
- Abdul Hakim Murad (militant), Pakistani alleged terrorist
- Abdelhakim Bagy, Moroccan-French runner
- Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib, Afghan politician
- Adel Abdulhehim, Uighur-Chinese held in Guantanamo
- Abdul Hakim al-Mousa, Saudi held in Guantanmo
- Abdihakem Abdirahman, Somali-American long-distance runner
- Abdelhakim Elouaari, French footballer
- Abdelhakim Laref, Algerian-Belgian footballer
- Abdelhakim Omrani, French footballer
- Abdul Hakeem Khan, Pakistani politician
- Abdul Hakim Jan (Argandab [tribal leader)], Afghan
- Abdel Hakim Tizegha, Algerian alleged terrorist
- Abdel Hakim Shelmani, Libyan football referee
- Abdelhakim Belhadj, Libyan anti-Gaddafi military leader