Kazem
Kazem means "tolerant", "forgiving", and "having patience" is an Arabic male given name. Although the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓāʾ is often closer to a strong "d" sound, given the prevalence of the name in Greater Iran, and subsequent cultural exchanges between Persia and Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia and Anatolia, the letter is commonly pronounced as Z. Thus the name's pronunciation differs based on location and consequently in its transcription. The most notable person to be awarded with this epithet was Musa-Al-Kadhim, the seventh Shia Imam, who is revered by both Sunnis and Sufis too.
Given name
- Kâzım Özalp, Turkish military officer
- Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish military officer
- Qazim Koculi, Albanian politician
- Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and senator
- Qazim Dervishi, Albanian referee
- Kazim Ergin, Turkish geophysicist
- Kazim al-Samawi Iraqi poet and journalist
- Kazem Rajavi, Iranian politician
- Kazım Ayvaz, Turkish sport wrestler
- Kazem al-Haeri, Iraqi-Iranian cleric
- Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer
- Kazem Akhavan, Iranian diplomat
- Kazim Ali, American poet
- Kazem Borjlou, Iranian footballer
- Kazem Mohammad, Iranian biostatistician and academic
- Kazem Nourmofidi, Iranian cleric
- Kazem Seddiqi, Iranian cleric
- Kadhem Sharif, Iraqi wrestler and weightlifter
- Kazem Oraee, Iranian engineer
- Kazem Jalali, Iranian politician
- , Iranian cleric
- Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri, Iranian cleric and political scientist
- Kazim Hosein, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Kazim Ali Zardari ISI and Pak army defender
Surname
- Leyla Kazim, British food and travel writer and media personality
- Raza Kazim, Pakistani politician
- Safinaz Kazem, Egyptian author
- Juggan Kazim, Pakistani model
- Wissam Kadhim, Iraqi footballer
- Reza Shah-Kazemi British-Iranian Islamic scholar.