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Hashim

/HA-shim/Hausa & Swahili & Yoruba · a boy’s name

Arabic-derived: generous breaker of bread, traditionally associated with hospitality

In Hausa

How to say it
HA-shim
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

HashimHashem

In Swahili

How to say it
HAH-sheem
Given to
Boys
Used in
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

HashimHashem

In Yoruba

How to say it
ha-SHEEM
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Benin
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

HashimHashem