Hakim
Fewer than sixty men in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. From Hebrew, the name means "wise".
Hakim Pronunciation
Hakim is pronounced KHAH-keem (/ˈxakim/).
What Hakim means
Where Hakim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Hakim grows from a Semitic root for wisdom. In Hebrew, chakham means wise, and the same three consonants surface in Arabic as hakim. The word travelled between the two languages, and the meaning held.
In Arabic the name gained its widest life. Al-Hakim, "the Wise," stands among the ninety-nine names of God in Islam, which lends the word a weight beyond everyday speech. History records real bearers too, among them Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, a Fatimid caliph who ruled from Cairo around the year 1000. So the name reached across a caliphate before it reached a Polish register.
On that register Hakim now sits beside Polish names, read out at roll call. The name has no Polish diminutive of its own. So it stays whole. What it says stays plain: wise, mądry.
How many people are named Hakim
1 in 410504 men in Poland is named Hakim. 52 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5200 among male names.
Hakim's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Hakim as a middle name
Hakim is a first name for 52 men in Poland and a middle name for another 24, a 68/32 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1751st, between Gökhan (24) and Hakki (24).
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#1749 Gino24
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#1750 Gökhan24
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#1751 Hakim24
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#1752 Hakki24
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#1753 Herkules24