Hakim Family History
Hakim Name Meaning
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: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022