Qayyum Family History
Qayyum Surname Meaning
Muslim (mainly Pakistan): from a personal name based on Arabic qayyūm ‘self-subsisting’.
Al-Qayyūm ‘the Self-Subsisting One’ is an attribute of Allah (the attribute that imparts coherence to the world and keeps everything in its place)
giving rise to the compound name ʿAbdul-Qayyūm ‘servant of the Self-Subsisting One’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
