Nizam (name)
Nizam or Nezam is both a given name and a surname. It is derived from the Arabic word نِظَام niẓām, meaning "order, system", often by way of Persian. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Nizam Bai, Mughal princess consort
- Nezam Hafiz, Guyanese-born American cricketer
- Hairul Nizam Hanif, Malaysian footballer
- Sikandar Lodi, born Nizam Kahn, Sultan of Delhi
- Saiful Nizam Miswan, Malaysian footballer
- Ahmad ibn Nizam al-Mulk, Persian vizier
- Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and vizier
- Tuan Nizam Muthaliff, Sri Lankan military intelligence officer
- Nizam al-Din Nishapuri, Persian mathematician and poet
- Nazim Pasha, Chief of Staff of the Army of the Ottoman Empire
- Nizam Peerwani, American medical examiner
- Burhan Nizam Shah I, ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
- Burhan Nizam Shah II, ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
- Hussain Nizam Shah I, ruler of the Ahmednagar Sultanate
- Murtaza Nizam Shah III, Sultan of Ahmadnagar
- Nizam al-Din Yahya, the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan
Surname
- Ahmed Nizam, Indian cricketer
- Khairul Nizam, Singaporean footballer
- Mohamed Nizam, Maldivian footballer
- Musa Nizam, Turkish footballer
- Naem Nizam, Bangladeshi newspaper editor
- Sarwar Jahan Nizam, Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Navy
- Sheen Kaaf Nizam, Urdu poet
- Zaiful Nizam, Singaporean footballer