- Meaning
- Generosity
- Arabic
- هشام
- Say it
- hi-SHAAM
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
From the same root as Hashim, breaking bread to give it out.
Famous people with this name
- Hisham ibn Hakim, companion
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Umayyad caliph
Other spellings
Hicham, Hesham, Hişam
Names from the same root (ه ش م)
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Questions about Hisham
What does Hisham mean?
Hisham means: Generosity. From the same root as Hashim, breaking bread to give it out.
Is Hisham in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Hisham a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hisham is a boy’s name.
How do you write Hisham in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Hisham is written هشام.