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هِشَام
Hisham
hi-SHAAM
“Generous; one who breaks bread.”
About Hisham
Hisham is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "generous; one who breaks bread" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ه-ش-م. Connoting generosity in the classical Arabic sense of breaking bread to feed guests. Hashim (the great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ) was so named for this quality.
Common across Arab and Maghrebi families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Hisham is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Hisham before.
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691–743), Umayyad caliph
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Hisham
- What does the name Hisham mean?
- Hisham (هِشَام) means "Generous; one who breaks bread". From the Arabic root ه-ش-م. Connoting generosity in the classical Arabic sense of breaking bread to feed guests. Hashim (the great-grandfather of the Prophet ﷺ) was so named for this quality.
- Is Hisham a name from the Qur'an?
- Hisham does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Hisham a boy or a girl name?
- Hisham is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Hisham come from?
- Hisham is an Arabic name, built on the root letters H-Sh-M. Common across Arab and Maghrebi families.
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