Hishám

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Hishám is a given name written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Literally ‘crushing’ but with the transferred meaning ‘having a generous nature’, by association with the crushing and distribution of bread. See HASHIM. Huda ° ‘Right guidance’. _ J.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Literally ‘crushing’ but with the transferred meaning ‘having a generous nature’, by association with the crushing and distribution of bread. See HASHIM. Huda ° ‘Right guidance’. _ J

Sources 6

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dictionary of Islamic Names
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
  • Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
  • A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

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Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Hishám under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hishám mean, and where does it come from?
Literally ‘crushing’ but with the transferred meaning ‘having a generous nature’, by association with the crushing and distribution of bread. See HASHIM. Huda ° ‘Right guidance’. _ J Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of Islamic Names and 4 other sources.
Is Hishám a male or female name?
Hishám is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hishám”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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