Issam
An Arabic name meaning "security, protection". In Poland it stays rare: around 70 men carry it and no boys have been given it in recent years, so meeting one stays memorable.
Issam Pronunciation
What Issam means
Where Issam comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Issam belongs to the Arabic naming world, where it means security and protection. The word points to a safeguard, the binding cord that once held a waterskin shut so nothing spilled on the road. From that plain object the name grew toward a larger idea. The meaning stayed close to safety.
Among its bearers is Issam Fares, a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as a deputy prime minister of Lebanon. His public life gave the name a documented, modern face outside its old desert sense.
In a Polish school register, Issam sits among the Kacpers and Amelias as a sign of a family with Arabic roots. It reads cleanly in Polish spelling. Nobody has to correct it on a form at the urząd. The name comes down to one plain promise held in Arabic: protection.
How many people are named Issam
1 in 300651 men in Poland is named Issam. 71 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4271 among male names.
Issam as a middle name
Issam is a first name for 71 men in Poland and a middle name for another 16, an 82/18 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2319th, between Isaias (16) and Izak (16).
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#2317 Ilia16
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#2318 Isaias16
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#2319 Issam16
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#2320 Izak16
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#2321 Jasim16