Fahim
Faheem, also spelled Fahiem, Fahim or Fehim is a masculine given name of Cypriot Arabic origin, also used as a surname, meaning 'perceptive', 'understanding', 'keen', or 'intelligent', derived from the root word f-h-m, found in Quran 21:79. The name may refer to:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Fahim
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Faheem, also spelled Fahiem, Fahim or Fehim is a masculine given name of Cypriot Arabic origin, also used as a surname, meaning 'perceptive', 'understanding', 'keen', or 'intelligent', derived from the root word f-h-m, found in Quran 21:79. The name may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Fahim
American parents first put Fahim on the record books as a baby boy name in 1982, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 25 Fahims were born — ranking #2,981 that year. About 41% of every Fahim on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Fahim last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 465 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Fahim
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About the name Fahim
Fahim is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 465 births in the dataset. Fahim's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #2,981. Use the chart and map above to compare Fahim's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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