Asem
title: "Asem" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["arabic-language-surnames", "arabic-language-masculine-given-names", "bosniak-masculine-given-names", "bosnian-masculine-given-names", "turkish-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "kazakh-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/turkey" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asem" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox given name"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Asem |
| pronunciation |
Bosnian: | | gender | Male | | meaning | "protector", “guardian”, “defender" | | language | Arabic | | alternative spelling | Asim, Aasem, Assem, Assim | ::
| name = Asem | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation =
Bosnian: | gender = Male | meaning ="protector", “guardian”, “defender" | region = | language = Arabic | origin = | alternative spelling = Asim, Aasem, Assem, Assim | nickname = | variant forms = | related names = | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Asem (also spelled Aasem, Assem, Asim, Aasim, Assim, Aassem ar) is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "savior, protector, guardian, defender." Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent." It is not related to the Indian given name Asim.
Given name
- Asim ibn Omar, famous Tabi'un and Early Hadith scholar
- Umm Asim bint Asim was the mother of Umayyad caliph Umar II (r. 717–720) and wife of Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan.
- Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian militant
- Asım Akin (1940–2024), Turkish physician
- Asim Azhar (born 1996), Pakistani singer
- Asım Orhan Barut (1926–1994), Turkish-American theoretical physicist
- Asim Brkan (born 1954), Bosnian singer, musician and artist
- Asim Ferhatović (1933–1987), Bosnian footballer
- Asım Can Gündüz (1955–2016), Turkish rock and blues guitarist
- Asım Güzelbey (born 1951), Turkish politician
- Assim Al-Hakeem (born 1962), Islamic scholar
- Assem Hammoud, Lebanese alleged Al Qaeda operative
- Assem Jaber (born 1946), Lebanese diplomat
- Assem Jarrah (born 1962), great-uncle or distant cousin of Ziad Jarrah
- Asim Kamal (born 1976), Pakistan Test cricketer
- Asim Khan (cricketer) (1962–2024), Pakistani-born Dutch cricketer
- Asim Kurjak (born 1942), Bosnian scientist
- Abu Muhammad Asem al-Maqdisi (born 1959), Palestinian political writer
- Assem Marei (born 1992), Egyptian basketball player
- Prince Asem bin Al Nayef (born 1948), Jordanian prince
- Asım Pars (1976–2024), Bosnian-Turkish basketball player
- Asim Peco (1927–2011), Bosnian linguist
- Assem Qanso (born 1937), Lebanese politician
- Asim Saeed (born 1979), Emirati cricketer
- Asim Sarajlić (born 1975), Bosnian politician
- Asem Tasbulatova, Kazakh singer
Surname
- Princess Nejla bint Asem, Jordanian princess
- Princess Sana Asem, Jordanian princess
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::