Nazim
Just 141 men in Poland carry it, and the register shows no newborns since 2000: most Poles will never meet one. Hebrew at root, it points to an organizer, someone who brings order and harmony.
Nazim Pronunciation
Nazim is pronounced NAH-zheem (/ˈnaʑim/).
What Nazim means
Where Nazim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Nazim names the organizer, the one who sets things in order. The short meaning is plain and practical. The grounding places the root in Hebrew, though the name grew up in Arabic, where it became a household sound. It arrives without a diminutive and without a cross-gender twin.
In Arabic the word behind it belongs to the language of arranging and of composing verse. The Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet carried it into the twentieth century, from 1902 to 1963. His work made the name known far past its first home. His given name and the meaning organizer sit close together.
On a Polish class register, Nazim stands apart from the Kacpers and Szymons. A teacher reads it once and keeps it. The Polish calendar fixes no name-day for it, so the day is chosen freely. The meaning holds steady, organizer.
How many people are named Nazim
1 in 151391 men in Poland is named Nazim. 141 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2764 among male names.
Nazim as a middle name
Nazim is a first name for 141 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2245th, between Naftali (17) and Neal (17).
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#2243 Nadir17
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#2244 Naftali17
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#2245 Nazim17
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#2246 Neal17
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#2247 Nolan17