Last name HAKIM: origin and meaning

Hakim: Arabic: from a personal name based on akm learned wise and thence physician. It may also be a status name from the related noun kim governor judge ruler. In the Indian subcontinent it generally denotes a physician in particular one specializing in traditional herbal remedies. Al-akm the All-Wise and al-kim the Judge are attributes

Hakim : Arabic: from a personal name based on ḥakīm ‘learned wise’ and thence ‘physician’. It may also be a status name from the related noun ḥākim ‘governor judge ruler’. In the Indian subcontinent it generally denotes a physician in particular one specializing in traditional herbal remedies. Al-Ḥakīm ‘the All-Wise’ and al-Ḥākim ‘the Judge’ are attributes of God/Allah. Al-Ḥakīm is found in combination ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm ʿAbdul-Ḥakīm ‘servant of the All-Wise’. The surname Hakim is found among both Muslims and Christians (including Assyrians/Chaldeans). Compare Hakeem.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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